13 Aug 2016
Week's top news: Rio's Olympic Park, Europe's top hotel awards and a floating bamboo spa
BY Kim Megson
Here are some of the most popular stories that appeared on CLAD this week, from a food theme park to a floating bamboo spa.
Monday
• New renderings released of Peter Zumthor’s proposed redevelopment of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Read here.
• Visitors to Eataly’s Italian food theme park will be able to grow their own food on-site. Read here.
• Vo Trong Nghia has designed a floating bamboo spa on a Vietnamese island. Read here..
Tuesday
• Beijing is preparing to transform the facilities it built for the 2008 Olympic Games to accommodate other sports ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics. Read here.
• Competition entrants have proposed new possibilities for Philip Johnson’s iconic New York State Pavilion. Read here.
• The Beijing Institute of Architectural Design has won an international competition to design a gateway for culture and commerce in Ryde, Australia. Read here.
Wednesday
• Indian architecture firm Studio Ardete have pledged to “break the stereotypes surrounding the design of fitness spaces” in the country. Read here.
• The finalists for the 2016 European Hotel Design Awards have been announced. Read here.
• Robert De Niro’s Paradise Found hotel project in Barbuda is one step closer to becoming a reality. Read here.
• Architecture studio OMA are shifting their business model to place more emphasis on developing their own projects rather than entering competitions. Read here.
Thursday
• Construction is underway on a translucent, star-shaped design hub by MAD Architects. Read here.
• The Happy Valley theme park in Shanghai, China has opened a multimedia tower which transforms into a dramatic attraction. Read here.
• Some big names are in the running to design the masterplan for a man-made island tourism hub in Hainan, China. Read here.
• AECOM’s Bill Hanway tells CLAD how a focus on sustainable design and temporary venues has created a lasting legacy for the Rio Olympics. Read here.
Friday
• The first renderings of Montreal’s exotic new biodome have been released by architecture studio KANVA. Read here.
• The Sydney Opera House is set to be comprehensively revamped “and upgraded for the 21st Century”. Read here.
• The battle to develop Edinburgh’s landmark building on Calton Hill has taken another twist. Read here.
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