Here are some of the stories that appeared on CLAD this week, from Apple’s leisure-filled new HQ to the winners of the 2017 Pritzker Prize.

Monday

• Bill Bensley has taken inspiration from an unlikely combination of themes for a new JW Marriott resort in Vietnam. Read here.

• Too many visual renderings of future architectural projects “do not correspond at all to the real world” because of a lack of diversity among the people depicted occupying these buildings, a leading visualiser has said. Read here.

• The famous Middle Eastern folk tales of One Thousand and One Nights are the inspiration behind a lavish dome-topped hotel opening imminently in Doha, Qatar. Read here.

• Design competition organiser Blank Space has partnered with government authorities in New York to seek a feasible long-term strategy for the city’s response to driverless cars. Read here.

Tuesday

• Apple is about to open its new US$5bn (€4.7bn, £4bn) headquarters in April, with the Foster + Partners-designed project in California to include a dedicated visitor centre for tourists and a new theatre named after company co-founder Steve Jobs. Read here.

• Serie A football club AS Roma has moved a step closer to achieving its own stadium after striking a deal with city officials. Read here.

• A joint venture between Canadian studios HCMA Architecture + Design and NFOE et Associés Architectes have won a design competition to create a striking circular aquatics centre in Laval, Quebec. Read here.

Wednesday

• Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem and Ramon Vilalta have been selected as the winners of the 2017 Pritzker Architecture Prize. Read here.

• AECOM, the architectural firm behind the Rio 2016 Olympic Park masterplan, have pledged to help the Brazilian government achieve its “legacy goals” despite the widely-publicised pictures showing the development damaged and desolate. Read here.

• Those eagerly anticipating the colonisation of the Moon could be able to get a dose of culture 384,400km away from Earth’s atmosphere, after artists Julio Orto and Joey Cannizzaro proposed The Museum of Contemporary Art on the Moon. Read here.

• The studio of French architect Stephane Malka have unveiled the latest iteration of their ‘parasitic architecture’ concept. Read here.

Thursday

• The Eden Project in Cornwall, England, has been granted planning permission to build a new 109-bedroom on-site hotel. Read here.

• Hyperloop One, the Los Angeles firm racing to realise Elon Musk’s dream for a high-speed transport system powered by magnetic levitation, is considering building a network in India. Read here.

• Canadian architects Lemay have won an international competition to redesign the corniches of Morocco’s Casablanca coast and create a leisure-filled seaside promenade. Read here.

Friday

• British street artist Banksy has returned with his latest politically-minded project: a nine-room hotel located next to the controversial barrier wall separating Israel from the Palestinian territories. Read here.

• A husband-and-wife design team have transformed their own beachfront holiday home into a new resort; the first of a new brand of “ultimate wellbeing destinations.” Read here.

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