New Place news

Visitors to Shakespeare’s New Place in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK, are able to view three priceless artefacts together for the first time. To celebrate the 400th anniversary ... More

Six Flags will become one of the first theme park chains to earn Certified Autism Center (CAC) status across all 26 of its locations. CAC ... More

Architects WilkinsonEyre and landscape architects Grant Associates have unveiled a conceptual masterplan for "a global leisure and recreation destination" on two islands off the south ... More

The NHS has published its guidance on how developers and health providers can collaborate to deliver housing schemes and infrastructure projects which promote wellbeing among ... More

Work has started on a major development in Egypt's capital, with the country's Prime Minister on-hand for the Green River Park's groundbreaking. Set to be ... More

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is to work with real-world games developer Niantic in a bid to enhance sustainable global tourism. Niantic’s games – which ... More

A new heritage and cultural centre in Jiangxi Province, South China, will see the construction of replicas of two of William Shakespeare’s historic homes, which ... 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

Herzog and de Meuron have completed their latest cultural project: a museum and arts complex spread inside a walled compound of heritage justice buildings on ... More

Airbnb has launched a new initiative, designed to help travellers find new holiday destinations and counteract the tourism saturation of major cities worldwide. In an ... More

Despite a decline in visitor numbers, London’s British Museum is still the UK’s most visited attraction, but Scotland reigns supreme, with the country outperforming the ... More

Funding has been approved for a 27,500-seater stadium designed to bring Major League Soccer (MLS) to Nashville, Tennessee. Nashville’s Sports Authority has approved a $225m ... More

Independently-owned fitness operator Ten Health & Fitness has a new place to showcase its ‘Move Better’ philosophy after launching its eighth London studio in Fitzrovia. ... More

The winners of this year’s Museums + Heritage Awards for Excellence have been announced, with shortlisted projects celebrated and recognised across the museums, galleries, heritage ... More

A record number of tourists visited the five historic houses of William Shakespeare in 2016 to mark the 400th anniversary of his death. More than ... More

Kerzner International Holdings, the international developer and operator of destination resorts, ultra-luxury hotels and residences, has appointed Jean-Gabriel Pérès as its new president and chief ... More

British workers are adding beach balls and bikinis to their briefcases when away on business, as part of a new travel trend dubbed ‘bleisure’. Bleisure ... More

The City of Ryde has announced the shortlisted winners of its international design competition to create a new regional gateway for culture and commerce. The ... More

People who go to bed wary of potential danger sometimes pledge to sleep "with one eye open." A new Brown University study finds that isn't ... More

British architecture studio FaulknerBrowns have unveiled the second phase of their major riverside regeneration project in Durham, northern England, which aims to create a new ... More

A design competition has been launched to transform a civic hub in northern Sydney into a new gateway for culture and commerce. The competition to ... More

Seven international architecture studios have been shortlisted to design the landmark new home for the Latvian Museum of Contemporary Art in Riga. Henning Larsen Architects, ... More

Archery GB has launched a ‘New Places for Target Faces’ initiative, encouraging leisure centres and other community venues to offer archery as an activity. The ... More

Adjaye Associates have submitted plans for the proposed US$122m (€110m, £79.1m) Studio Museum in Harlem – an institute promoting the work of artists of African ... More

Places for People Leisure (PfPL) is scaling up its presence in the budget gym sector with the launch of its Places Gym in Corby. Places ... More