Garden city news

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, part of Marriott International's portfolio of 31 hotel brands, has opened The Ritz-Carlton, Fukuoka on the island of Kyushu in Southern ... More

Partisans have unveiled their vision for a new community of the future where "small town and rural lifestyles are enhanced by the benefits and attributes ... More

An immersive jungle-themed experience including an escape from a T-Rex is among the activities planned for toy maker Schleich's installations at the upcoming Toys "R" ... More

Dutch design practice UNStudio and their architectural technology division UNSense have revealed details of their ambitious plan to turn Bangalore, India, into a futuristic garden ... More

The Four Seasons Hotel Bengaluru at Embassy One has opened in India, featuring an 11-treatment-room Infuse Spa designed by Yabu Pushelberg. The Four Seasons includes ... More

Hotel Hendricks, a 27-storey urban retreat taking shape a stone's throw from Fifth Avenue in New York, is on track to open its doors in ... More

An international design competition to determine who will design the first Garden City of the 21st century has been whittled down to five, with Ebbsfleet ... More

French football club FC Nantes has revealed the first design sketches for its planned new 40,000-capacity home stadium in western France. US sports architects HKS ... More

Architects, urban planners and landscape designers have been invited to submit proposals for the UK’s first Garden City of the 21st Century: a “truly modern ... More

A science museum in Suzhou, China, is to act as the centrepiece of a new cultural district in the city, with the design celebrating nature ... More

Greenwich Leisure Ltd (GLL) and Finesse Leisure Partnership are in advanced talks over a potential merger. A deal would see Finesse Leisure's seven Hertfordshire leisure ... More

The British government has unveiled details of ambitious plans to deliver more than 48,000 homes across England in 14 new garden villages and three new ... More

NHS England has today (1 March) announced plans to create 10 ‘healthy new towns’ across the country which will explore and test creative solutions for ... More

The 397-bedroom Shangri-La Bengaluru has opened in Bangalore, India, featuring a nine-treatment room Chi The Spa with a dedicated ayurveda room. The hotel’s entire third ... More

Global architecture firm Farrells – led by Sir Terry Farrell – are behind the masterplan for the upcoming London Paramount Resort, coming in 2020. Speaking ... More

A Newcastle-based heritage training scheme, designed to protect the North East of England’s rich engineering heritage, has been awarded a prestigious Europa Nostra Award. First ... More

A major £2bn (US$3.3bn, €2.5bn) theme park development near Ebbsfleet, UK has been cleared for fast-track development following its categorisation as a ‘project of national ... More

New York City is looking to continue its commitment to becoming an environmentally-friendly city, through plans announced by former Mayor Bloomberg to turn an area ... More

The chancellor George Osborne has cut 1p from the price of beer for the second year running, as well as scrapping the annual alcohol duty ... More

Following Chancellor George Osborne’s weekend announcement that the UK’s first garden city for 100 years would be built in Ebbsfleet, ukactive CEO David Stalker has ... More

Leisure Management magazine editor Liz Terry has described government proposals for building two garden cities in the south of England as a “once in a ... More

Developers of a new district in Chengdu, China - designed to house two million people - have turned to Letchworth Garden City in Hertfordshire, UK ... More

A new spa called The Rooms has been launched at The Albany - a wellbeing centre in London's Regent Park. Formerly known as Lifesmart, when ... More

The Hertfordshire is Ready for Winners Corporate Games, saw 20 teams from local companies battling it out in events such as five-a-side football, kwik cricket, ... More