City of London news

The Museum of London in the UK capital is to hold two free weekend festivals and all-night openings ahead of the closure of its current ... More

Museum of London in the UK will move to its new home in Smithfield in the heart of the capital at the beginning of 2023. ... More

Boutique boxing gym brand BXR London will open its second full-service club in London next month. BXR City, will open on 22 February 2022 on ... More

Nuffield Health has acquired the lease for the historic Barbican health club site in London, which is currently operated by Virgin Active. Located on Aldersgate ... More

Gyms and leisure facilities in south-east England are to close from midnight tonight as part of new restrictions announced during an emergency press this evening ... More

The London Centre for Music, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, has received a funding boost of nearly £2m ($2.3m, €2.2m) for the next stage ... More

Plans for the £337m ($438m, €394m) Museum of London, designed by Stanton Williams, Asif Khan and Julian Harrap Architects, have been submitted to the City ... More

A number of main roads in London city centre were closed on 22 September to encourage Londoners to cycle, walk, use public transport and have ... More

The Museum of London has revealed the designs for its new home in West Smithfield, with the development scheme laying out a 24-hour cultural hub ... More

Premium fitness operator Third Space created revenues of £36.8m during 2018 – a 13.7 per cent increase on 2017 figures. Announcing its results for the ... More

New York-based architecture practice Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) have released the first concept designs for the long-anticipated London Centre for Music. Set to become ... More

Curio Collection by Hilton has launched its newest venue, Lincoln Plaza London, in the city's Canary Wharf district. Featuring interiors created by architecture practices RPW ... More

Foster + Partners have unveiled images for the Tulip Tower, an observatory and event space intended to become the City of London’s next cultural attraction. ... More

London-based Foster + Partners has been awarded the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Sterling prize for its work designing the European headquarters of business ... More

This year's National Fitness Day will kick off with a mass dance workout in the heart of London, led by Dame Darcey Bussell. The legendary ... More

Tate St Ives is the only leisure building to find its way onto the shortlist for the 2018 RIBA Stirling Prize for the UK’s best ... More

Budget hotel operator Travelodge is launching a new hotel format as part of efforts to offer guests "more style and choice". The new Travelodge Plus ... More

Mexican architect Frida Escobedo's Serpentine Pavilion will open in Kensington Gardens, London on Friday (15 June). Escobedo’s courtyard-based design harnesses a “subtle interplay of light, ... More

A design team led by US studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Australian architects Woods Bagot has won the international design competition for the Adelaide ... More

Marriott International has announced plans to debut its Westin brand in the UK, with Westin London City scheduled to open in 2020. Owned by 4C ... More

Elizabeth Diller has been named the world’s most influential architect in 2018 by Time magazine. In a citation for the publication’s list of its 100 ... More

New details have been announced for the entertainment arena being developed in Swansea as part of a £1.3bn leisure investment designed to reinvigorate the Welsh ... More

Award-winning Mexican architect Frida Escobedo has been commissioned to design the 2018 iteration of the Serpentine Pavilion. The Serpentine Pavilion programme, which began in 2000, ... More

Elemis has secured a partnership deal with hotel giant Marriott International, which will see the product house provide seven of Marriott’s UK-based hotel spas with ... More

Architects HawkinsBrown have completed an elegant timber pool hidden among the trees for a school in the English county of Surrey. Swimmers using the 25m, ... More