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Week's top news: Rio's Olympic Park, Europe's top hotel awards and a floating bamboo spa

By Kim Megson    13 Aug 2016
Rio's Olympic Park featured in this week's news / Robb Williamson

Here are some of the most popular stories that appeared on CLAD this week, from a food theme park to a floating bamboo spa.

Monday

• New renderings released of Peter Zumthor’s proposed redevelopment of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Read here.

• Visitors to Eataly’s Italian food theme park will be able to grow their own food on-site. Read here.

• Vo Trong Nghia has designed a floating bamboo spa on a Vietnamese island. Read here..

Tuesday

• Beijing is preparing to transform the facilities it built for the 2008 Olympic Games to accommodate other sports ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics. Read here.

• Competition entrants have proposed new possibilities for Philip Johnson’s iconic New York State Pavilion. Read here.

• The Beijing Institute of Architectural Design has won an international competition to design a gateway for culture and commerce in Ryde, Australia. Read here.

Wednesday

• Indian architecture firm Studio Ardete have pledged to “break the stereotypes surrounding the design of fitness spaces” in the country. Read here.

• The finalists for the 2016 European Hotel Design Awards have been announced. Read here.

• Robert De Niro’s Paradise Found hotel project in Barbuda is one step closer to becoming a reality. Read here.

• Architecture studio OMA are shifting their business model to place more emphasis on developing their own projects rather than entering competitions. Read here.

Thursday

• Construction is underway on a translucent, star-shaped design hub by MAD Architects. Read here.

• The Happy Valley theme park in Shanghai, China has opened a multimedia tower which transforms into a dramatic attraction. Read here.

• Some big names are in the running to design the masterplan for a man-made island tourism hub in Hainan, China. Read here.

• AECOM’s Bill Hanway tells CLAD how a focus on sustainable design and temporary venues has created a lasting legacy for the Rio Olympics. Read here.

Friday

• The first renderings of Montreal’s exotic new biodome have been released by architecture studio KANVA. Read here.

• The Sydney Opera House is set to be comprehensively revamped “and upgraded for the 21st Century”. Read here.

• The battle to develop Edinburgh’s landmark building on Calton Hill has taken another twist. 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

The European Hotel Design Awards have announced the 2016 shortlist / JW Marriott International
Vo Trong Nghia's floating bamboo spa / Vo Trong Nghia Architects
Rio's Olympic Park  Europe's top hotel awards  floating bamboo spa  architecture  design  roundup  CLAD 
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