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JW Marriott has branched into the luxury safari segment with a wellness-forward retreat property in one of Africa's most renowned wildlife and wilderness conservation regions. ... More

A new US$60m (€52.6m, £46.8m) religious attraction created by the American Bible Society is now under construction and is expected to attract hundreds of thousands ... More

A total of 34 projects have received National Lottery funding to support their work in tackling inactivity among people from lower socio-economic groups. Those benefiting ... More

Retailer C&A is set to open a fashion museum in October, with the new attraction in Amsterdam, Netherlands, to be focussed on circular and sustainable ... More

The first ever TIDE conference (Technology. Innovation. Design. Experience.) takes place next week in Orlando, a day-long precursor to the annual InfoComm convention in Orlando, ... More

The shortlisted designs for a £40m (US$50m, €47m) national Holocaust memorial and learning centre in London have today (27 January) gone on public display, revealing ... More

A new museum and memorial in Montgomery, Alabama has been designed by MASS Design Group and the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) to confront America’s history ... More

Sport England will plough “hundreds of millions of pounds” into 10 different places across England in an attempt to address location-specific issues such as high ... More

Supermarket giant Tesco has pledged to use the monies raised from the new 5p carrier bag charge to improve outdoor sports and other green community ... More

The standup routines of legendary comedians could soon be brought back to life after the US’s National Comedy Center (NCC) announced plans for a new ... More

Following the $91m (€86m, £62m) renovation of Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, in New York, USA, visitors are now offered a truly with interactive and ... More

An international team, led by New York-based Steven Holl Architects, has been chosen to design the Mumbai City Museum North Wing. Steven Holl Architects has ... More

The latest round of Sport England's £47.5m Community Sport Activation Fund has opened, with £7.5m specifically dedicated to boost sporting opportunities in deprived communities. A ... More

Norway-based p*ojectiondesign® has supplied core technology to Electrosonic for the new building of the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia, US. Electrosonic was ... More

Seven UK city and town centres are in line to receive a share of £10m under the Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI) programme after the schemes ... More

Projects involving education, energy and music are to benefit from the latest round of grants from the Peak District Sustainable Development Fund. The fund, managed ... More

A new website dedicated to providing information on Sherwood: The Living Legend lottery bid and the 2007 Robin Hood Festival goes live today (1 March). ... More