03 Dec 2016
Week's top news: Patrik Schumacher faces backlash, OMA reveal Feyenoord stadium and designers create boat powered by human energy
BY Kim Megson
Here are some of the stories that appeared on CLAD this week, from the announcement of the world’s best building to new projects for OMA, Foster + Partners and Eric Parry.
Monday
• Madrid’s historic Hall of Realms will be refurbished and transformed into an important art exhibition space by architects Foster + Partners and Rubio Arquitectura Read here.
• The Kroenke Sports and Entertainment company has broken ground on the new HKS-designed Los Angeles Stadium, which will be the new home of National Football League franchise the LA Rams. Read here.
• The City of London’s planning committee has green lit architect Eric Parry’s design for the district’s tallest tower. Read here.
• The Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología (UTEC) in Lima, designed by Grafton Architects, has won the first ever RIBA International Prize for the world's best building. Read here.
Tuesday
• A new resort with a nature-inspired spa has opened adjacent to an environmentally protected 208-acre state park along Florida’s Gulf Coast. Read here.
• Patrik Schumacher’s position at Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) is not under threat despite the practice issuing a frank statement distancing itself from his controversial comments about social housing and the privatisation of public space. Read here.
Wednesday
• British architect and academic Sir Peter Cook has blasted the “conspiracy of boring” he believes is preventing the creation of interesting and risk-taking contemporary buildings. Read here.
• A masterplan a new leisure district for Dutch football club Feyenoord, which includes a sculptural new stadium, has been approved by the mayor of Rotterdam. Read here.
• Parisian gym-goers could soon be powering scenic boat trips along the River Seine on a fitness vessel that harnesses energy from passengers’ workouts. Read here.
Thursday
• Plans for Factory, the flagship arts building for the north of England designed by Rem Koolhaas’ Office for Metropolitan Architecture have been submitted to Manchester City Council. Read here.
• Faena Forum, the new cultural core of the Faena District in Miami Beach, has opened to the public in time for the Design Miami global forum. Read here.
• A US Army base in the centre of Seoul will be repurposed as a vast public park by Dutch landscape architects West 8. Read here.
Friday
• Italian studio Network of Architecture (NOA*) have created a cantilevering swimming pool overlooking a forest valley in the Dolomites in Italy. Read here.
• The world’s first permanent ice hotel has opened to guests 200km (124m) north of the Arctic Circle. Read here.
• Ground has been broken on a life-size replica of the doomed Titanic passenger liner now under construction in China’s Sichuan Province. Read here.
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