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Week's top news: The world's longest 'cycle skyway', Gehry's Berlin concert hall and the 2017 Women in Architecture Awards

By Kim Megson    11 Mar 2017
The world's longest cycle skyway has opened in China / Dissing+Weitling

Here are some of the stories that appeared on CLAD this week, from two Frank Gehry projects to the prestigious Women in Architecture Awards.

Monday

• Gabriela Carrillo has been named as Woman Architect of the Year 2017 at the Women in Architecture awards, with Rozana Montiel winning the Moira Gemmill Prize for Emerging Architecture. Read here.

• The Delta Development Group has signed an initial agreement to drive forward plans for a Dutch-inspired theme park and leisure destination near Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Read here.

• FC Barcelona is aiming to capitalise on the growing thirst for football in China by developing a training academy in the mould of its legendary La Masia in Haikou. Read here.

• Frank Gehry, the classical music-loving architect behind the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles has completed his latest concert hall: the intimate oval Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin. Read here.

Tuesday

• Torontonians have flocked to the city’s beach in record numbers to experience the unveiling of eight brand new Winter Stations installations along the shoreline of Lake Ontario. Read here.

• Danish architecture practice Dissing+Weitling have designed a 7.6km (4.7 miles) elevated bicycle route – billed as “the longest in the world” – in the heart of the Chinese city Xiamen. Read here.

• Singaporean Hospitality design firm LTW have completed a design-led Pullman hotel in Kaifeng, China that references the architecture of it’s neighbour – an ancient imperial palace. Read here.

Wednesday

• Groundbreaking concepts showing how city buildings could be raised upwards through wooden extensions have been released online. Read here.

• Fitness giant McFit has launched a new Cyberobics ‘concept store’ in Berlin, showcasing the company’s plans to roll out health clubs where “the real and virtual world melt through complete immersion.” Read here.

• A giant observation wheel is coming to Moscow, Russia, with the mammoth structure set to overtake the London Eye in terms of size and stature, becoming the largest in Europe. Read here.

Thursday

• Acclaimed Irish architect Niall McLaughlin has claimed that award wins and nominations can be a poisoned chalice, as practices become pigeonholed as designers of a certain type of building. Read here.

• Edinburgh architecture practice Reiach and Hall have won the top prize at the UK’s Architect of the Year Awards, which took place at London’s ExCeL Centre. Read here.

• The early consequences of Britain voting to leave the European Union has increased the cost of Tottenham Hotspur’s new stadium, according to the club’s director. Read here.

• The team behind Miami’s upcoming US$430m (€407m, £354m) SkyRise entertainment complex has released new plans for the building’s main attraction – rotating observation pods at the tower’s 1,000ft (304m) peak. Read here.

Friday

• A new museum celebrating French art, aesthetics and urbanity is set to be built in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, with a design by Pritzker-winning architect Frank Gehry. Read here.

• Italian Serie A football team Cagliari Calcio has inched closer to realising its ambition to build a new stadium after receiving a loan for its construction. Read here.

• Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) have formed their own specialised BIG Engineering unit, which will be dedicated to “ensuring the structural, mechanical integrity and resilience of BIG buildings globally.” Read here.

For a quick and comprehensive overview of all our recent stories, take a look at CLAD's Grid View mode.

For more leisure design and architecture news you can check the CLAD website every day and follow us on Twitter @CLADglobal

Frank Gehry's Pierre Boulez Saal opened in Berlin last week / Pierre Boulez Saal
Gabriela Carrillo has been named as Woman Architect of the Year 2017 at the Women in Architecture awards / The Architecture Review
Gabriela Carrillo  Frank Gehry  FC Barcelona  Women in Architecture Awards  Reiach and Hall  Niall McLaughlin  architecture  design 
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