Week's top news: A rowing stadium for Denmark, an extension for MoMA and BIG and Heatherwick's Google HQ

Here are some of the stories that appeared on CLAD this week, from Denmark's new rowing stadium to forthcoming projects from OMA, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Snøhetta, Heatherwick Studio and BIG.

Monday

• Architects, designers, engineers, planners and manufacturers have gathered in London to debate how timber should be used to meet the construction challenges they face. Read here.

Tuesday

• Developer Allied London and architecture studio Levitt Bernstein have submitted design proposals to reinvigorate Manchester’s abandoned London Road Fire Station as a new leisure destination for the city. Read here.

• Work is underway on a vast new riverside sports park in Cork, Ireland, which will surround the city’s regenerated Páirc Uí Chaoimh Gaelic games stadium. Read here.

• Architecture competition organiser Bee Breeders have revealed the winners of its latest challenge: a task to design a meditation and wellness camp in one of Latvia’s most remote regions. Read here.

Wednesday

• Los Angeles FC, the Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise co-owned by Hollywood actor Will Ferrell, has unveiled plans to spend US$30m (£23.5m, €26.8m) on a new training facility. Read here.

• Danish practice AART Architects have won an international design competition to create Denmark’s Rowing Stadium; a new venue for both the public and elite athletes that will be situated on Bagsværd Lake, outside of Copenhagen. Read here.

Thursday

• International architecture studio OMA are designing a major mixed-use building in Boston, which will be seemingly sliced in two by cascading exterior terraces. Read here.

• The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York has completed the first phase of its major renovation programme, and unveiled its final plans for a multi-year expansion designed by architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, alongside Gensler. Read here.

• Google has submitted an application for planning permission for its proposed King’s Cross HQ and revealed brand new images showcasing the design of the scheme by Heatherwick Studio and Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG). Read here.

Friday

• Snøhetta have unveiled new details of the riverwalk they are creating for North America’s second largest waterfall. Read here.

• Footballer Lionel Messi has inspired a new theme park in China, which will have over 20 multimedia attractions dedicated to the FC Barcelona star. Read here.

• Work has been completed on MVRDV’s latest eye-catching mixed-use building; an irregular tower block in the heart of Poznan, Poland. Read here.

• World-renowned chefs the Roux family will create fine dining experiences for spectators at Tottenham Hotspur’s new-look White Hart Lane stadium when it opens next year. Read here.

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