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Global online architecture platform Architizer has spotlighted innovative spa and wellness architecture concepts around the world as part of its 11th Annual Architizer A+Awards. Founded ... More

World Leisure Organization (WLO) has opened the entry process for its International Innovation Prize. Now in its ninth year, the award celebrates organisations that have ... More

Büro Ole Scheeren and Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban have been appointed to create a masterplan for the Hangzhou Wangjiang New Town project in China. ... More

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has admitted that the escalating Coronavirus outbreak is posing challenges for athletes trying to qualify for Tokyo 2020. ... More

Herzog & de Meuron have won a competition to design a new museum complex on China's Grand Canal with the aim of the reflecting the ... More

French historical theme park Puy du Fou is continuing its international expansion, with the imminent signing of a contract to build a new attraction in ... More

Beijing Fenghemuchen Space Design has created a 1,170sq m (12,600sq ft) library, coffee shop and cultural space in China's Hangzhou City that is contained and ... More

The shortlist has been revealed for the World Architecture Festival (WAF) 2019 Awards and leisure projects are represented across the majority of the 33 categories ... More

2018 was a landmark year for the themed entertainment industry, with the latest edition of the TEA/AECOM Theme and Museum Index showing the world's major ... More

Formerly the Asian Attractions Expo, (AAE) the newly-rechristened IAAPA Expo Asia (IEA) takes its first steps under its new name from 11-14 June. Taking place ... More

Speaking exclusively with CLAD, Caroline Bos, co-founder of Dutch architecture practice UNStudio, described her artistic influences and explained why she saw the Baroque-era sculptor Gian ... More

World Leisure Organization (WLO) is now accepting applications for the 8th edition of the World Leisure International Innovation Prize. The award, first launched in 2006, ... More

Work has started on the Xinhu Hangzhou Prism, a polyhedral high-rise taking shape in Hangzhou, an emerging technological hub in China's Zhejiang province. Designed by ... More

Installation of newly-constructed facilities at Six Flags’ first Chinese waterpark is moving ahead and is expected to be finished in Q1 this year, ahead of ... More

Construction of the main structure of the second outlet of the Chinese Museum of Natural History in Zhejiang is complete. Built into a sloping hillside, ... More

Buildings whose red facades represent 'phoenix bloodstones' could feature at the athletes' village for the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, as part of a ... More

The World Architecture Festival (WAF) has today (26 June) unveiled the largest ever shortlist for its Building of the Year competition. WAF – one of ... More

Thailand-based destination health and wellness resort Chiva-Som has named Vaipanya Kongkwanyuen as the new general manager. Kongkwanyuen replaces Sheila McCann, who has taken a position ... More

Alison Brooks, Alejandro Aravena, Wang Shu, Bjarke Ingels, Elizabeth Diller, Rafael Moneo, Peter Zumthor and David Chipperfield and are among the big names participating in ... More

Dutch designers UNStudio and German practice HPP Architects have joined forces to deliver four skyscrapers and a new urban quarter in the heart of Frankfurt. ... More

Dutch design practice UNStudio has completed a vast leisure complex in Hangzhou, with a pair of sinuous towers providing a dramatic new landmark for the ... More

Six Flags’ rapid overseas expansion is ramping up with plans to build a new waterpark next to China’s first ever theme park operating under the ... More

Dynamic Attractions has partnered Chinese space technology company Altair on a proposal to build a space-themed amusement park in Hangzhou, which will include three cutting-edge ... More

With all engines firing in the tourism space race, China’s government has thrown now its hat in the ring, with a state-backed firm currently developing ... More

Jiangnan Global Harbor, one of the world’s largest leisure-led retail schemes, has officially opened near Shanghai. The 500,000sq m (5.3 million sq ft), five-level project ... More