Barbican news

Nuffield Health has reopened the historic Barbican health club in London, as part of ambitious plans to establish its first wellness "health campus" in the ... More

Nuffield Health has acquired the lease for the historic Barbican health club site in London, which is currently operated by Virgin Active. Located on Aldersgate ... More

The London Centre for Music, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, has received a funding boost of nearly £2m ($2.3m, €2.2m) for the next stage ... More

New York-based architecture practice Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) have released the first concept designs for the long-anticipated London Centre for Music. Set to become ... More

A design team led by US studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Australian architects Woods Bagot has won the international design competition for the Adelaide ... More

Elizabeth Diller has been named the world’s most influential architect in 2018 by Time magazine. In a citation for the publication’s list of its 100 ... More

The Los Angeles Philharmonic (LA Phil) orchestra has commissioned Frank Gehry to design a permanent new centre for aspiring professional musician in its home city ... More

US architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) has been announced as the design team tasked with creating the vision for a new Centre for Music ... More

Virgin Active has launched Punch - a boxing workout that consists of 12 rounds, focusing on speed, core and power. The class, which has premiered ... More

A host of leading international architects are in the running to create a concept design for a new Centre for Music in the City of ... More

Here are some of the stories that appeared on CLAD this week, from Elon Musk’s latest big idea to a knighthood for David Adjaye. Monday ... More

A seemingly doomed plan to build a new world-class concert hall in the City of London has been given a new lease of life, with ... More

Molecules 10,000 times narrower than the width of a human hair could hold the key to building towering wooden skyscrapers in the future, new research ... More

Architects around the world have been challenged to push the boundaries of modern wood building design in cities. Wood manufactured Metsä Wood has launched a ... More

Timber skyscrapers can improve our built environments and urban experiences, according British practice PLP Architecture and researchers from Cambridge University. To give credence to this ... More

The Barbican’s touring videogame exhibition, Game On, has come to Canada for the first time, with the installation at Montreal Science Centre becoming the country’s ... More

Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, UK, welcomed back members of the public on 13 November following the completion of part of its £13.8m (US$21.5m, €17.3m) refurbishment. An ... More

The relaunch of a 20m swimming pool and sports hall at Golden Lane Sport and Fitness in the City of London has marked the completion ... More

Cardiff's Wales Millennium Centre (WMC) has revealed that chief executive Mark Taylor, who was appointed to the role less than two years ago, has stepped ... More

More than 50 arts groups and thousands of UK and international artists are to participate in the World Shakespeare Festival (WSF) 2012, which is supported ... More