All Leisure & culture articles – Page 23
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NewsGrand old Charles Saatchi: Chelsea gallery
The shell and core of Charles Saatchi's 6,500m2 contemporary art gallery in Chelsea, west London is reaching completion.
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NewsPass us the Polyfilla
Officials at the Tate Modern were this week preparing to have a 167m crack in the floor – intended as an art installation – filled in by contractors.
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NewsTate Modern extension may swap glass for brick
Herzog & de Meuron’s designs for the £130m gallery extension are being substantially revised
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NewsGleeds wins contract on Foster + Partners' resort
Consultant will cost manage the £100m scheme at Corniche Bay in Mauritius
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NewsPutting the rink in Altrincham
Ian Simpson Architects £150m Altair regeneration scheme in Cheshire
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FeaturesDare to be different: Elm Park, Dublin
Bucholz McEvoy Architects’ Elm Park is a stunning £300m mixed-use, sustainable extension to Dublin, made all the more attractive by the charmless dross that surrounds it.
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NewsNot so common
The Office for Metropolitan Architecture has won a competition to restore the grade II-listed former Commonwealth Institute in Kensington, west London.
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FeaturesSnug as a bug in rug
When the Natural History Museum decided it needed to house 20 million insect and plant specimens within one structure, building a giant shiny, ivory coloured cocoon seemed to make perfect sense. Thomas Lane buzzed over to find out more …
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NewsImages: Zaha Hadid's mobile art container for Chanel
Architect's mobile art centre tours world showcasing acclaimed modern artists
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NewsFirst images: Design for Eiffel Tower visitor platform
Sereno Architects doubles visitor capacity at top of Paris' tower as part of 120th anniversary celebrations
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NewsYour troubles are over
Building Design Partnership’s Victoria Square, a £160m mixed-use scheme in Belfast city centre, opened this week.
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NewsImages: HOK Sport’s Silverstone masterplan
HOK's designs for pit lane and paddocks unveiled as part of motor-racing venue upgrade
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NewsNew neo-classical gallery to house 20th century art
Robert Adam Architects' design for a new gallery in New Bond Street, London has won planning permission
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NewsMoon clock for 2012 wins funding
Giant clock powered by Thames tides has secured funding for next phase development in East London
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FeaturesGolden wonder
It’s the gold roof on Rafael Viñoly’s Colchester visual arts centre that will wow the visitors – but the real marvel was getting it up without touching the topsoil.
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NewsLiverpool FC reveals new HKS stadium design
HKS and Ramboll Whitbybird's new design is selected for new football stadium
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NewsFit for humans now?
3D Reid has unveiled designs for this cultural centre as part of English Partnerships’ £400m regeneration plan for the town centre of Slough, Berkshire.
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NewsPrince Charles’ old lady
The Prince of Wales opened the newly refurbished Royal Hall in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, on Tuesday.
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NewsBehold the 60m egg whisk
Make Architects has revealed designs for a sculpture that will be the highest free-standing work of art in the UK. “Aspire”, designed by Ken Shuttleworth, will be 60m high and located on the University of Nottingham’s Jubilee campus.
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NewsDevelopers release plans for Clapham Junction make-over
Delancey and Land Securities unveil design for mixed-use redevelopment at railway station in south London