Week's top news: Stirling Prize goes to a leisure project, Amanda Levete's Lisbon museum opens and Six Senses partner with Bjarke Ingels
Here are some of the stories that appeared on CLAD this week, from the winner of the 2016 Stirling Prize to new openings by Amanda Levete, Steven Holl and Coop Himmelb(l)au.
Monday
• Three architecture studios have been shortlisted in the design competition to create a Science Island for the Lithuanian city Kaunas. Read here.
• Four of the six winners of this year’s Aga Khan Award for Architecture are leisure projects. Read here.
• The Coop Himmelb(l)au-designed Museum of Contemporary Art and Planning Exhibition has opened in Shenzhen, China. Read here.
• The Japanese government has permitted work to begin on Kengo Kuma’s 2020 Tokyo Olympic Stadium. Read here.
Tuesday
• US National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise the Washington Wizards is creating a new training facility that will double as a concert venue. Read here.
• An art museum in Chang Mai, Thailand, boasts an eye-catching mirrored façade. Read here.
Wednesday
• The first phase of a contemporary art museum designed by architecture studio AL_A on Lisbon waterfront has officially opened.Read here.
• Washington DC’s National Gallery of Art has reopened its East Building following a three-year renovation process. Read here.
Thursday
• Greenbuild, the world’s largest green building conference and expo, began in Los Angeles.Read here.
• Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas is partnering with Bjarke Ingels for a resort in New York. Read here.
Friday
• Newport Street Gallery by Caruso St John Architects has won the 2016 RIBA Stirling Prize.Read here.
• London’s German Gymnasium won two prizes at the first Blue Badge Style Awards.Read here.
• The University of Iowa has unveiled its flagship new arts centre designed by Steven Holl.Read here.
• US officials have broken ground a new US$70m museum dedicated to the Statue of Liberty.Read here.
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