Here are some of the stories that appeared on CLAD this week, from Francis Ford Coppola’s private island retreat to a new energy-producing paving slab.

Monday

• Renowned street artist Phlegm has created an eight-storey mural in Toronto, bringing art to the city’s busiest intersections. Read here.

• Legendary Hollywood director Francis Ford Coppola has opened a private Caribbean island to create a “Robinson Crusoe experience”. Read here.

Tuesday

• James Pallotta, the American investor in charge of Italian football club AS Roma, has claimed construction work on a new stadium for the team could begin next March. Read here.

• The founders of Dutch architecture studio MVRDV believe their project for Rotterdam’s Museum Boijmans van Beuningen offers a new model for how museums can take full advantage of their vast cultural collections. Read here.

• Pavegen, the British clean-tech company, has launched an innovative flooring system that creates energy from footsteps. Read here.

Wednesday

• Australian architects Crone Partners and Japanese studio Kengo Kuma & Associates will build a luxury hotel for Wanda in Sydey’s Central Business District. Read here.

• A group of top Japanese architects are petitioning UNESCO to recognise Kenzo Tange’s 1964 Tokyo Olympic gymnasium on its World Cultural Heritage list. Read here.

• Plans are in the works to develop a multi-million pound aquarium project in Southampton, combining undersea creatures with a showcase of the region’s links to the high seas. Read here.

• The long-awaited opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C. will take place this weekend. Read here.

Thursday

• Golf course architect Tom Doak has designed North America’s first reversible course for the Forest Dunes resort in Michigan. Read here.

• London mayor Sadiq Khan has ordered a review into Thomas Heatherwick’s proposed £185m Garden Bridge project. Read here.

Friday

• British football club Everton is working with US design firm Meis Architects to create a vision for a proposed new stadium. Read here. Read here.

• New York’s American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) has been granted first approval for its US$325m (€288.8m, £248.6m) expansion. Read here.

• Italian architect and spa designer Alberto Apostoli has created a wellness centre in the south of France that evokes a medieval crypt. Read here.

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