VANDAL news

The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has launched the draft of his first London Plan – described as "the capital’s strategic planning bible". The 524-page ... More

The city council of Australia’s Gold Coast has fast-tracked the building a AU$60.5m (US$48.1m, €40.3m) art gallery to add to its fast-developing cultural precinct. Designed ... More

Palestine’s Hebron old city, the UK’s Lake District and the male-only sacred Japanese island of Okinoshima are among 23 new additions to Unesco’s World Heritage ... More

James Corner, one of the leading figures behind New York’s High Line elevated park, has described landscape architects as “the unsung heroes of the public ... More

Three sets of developers are battling over the rights to purchase a former Six Flags theme park abandoned in 2005 because of severe flooding stemming ... More

Practices designing public squares should consider how they can enhance tolerance and provide platforms for peaceful democratic protest, according to landscape architect and theorist James ... More

An offer has been made on a Six Flags theme park that was left desolate in the wake of Hurricane Ketrina and remains abandoned to ... More

This week was a big one for leisure architects, designers and developers in the exciting world of museum design. In Hungary, local architects Napur overcame ... More

David Rockwell has collaborated with seven famous street artists to create VANDAL; a recently launched street food restaurant in New York. Located on Bowery Street ... More

Architecture practice Close to the Bone have blurred the boundary between a stairway and an observation tower by building a gravity-defying monument in a Belgian ... More

A former Six Flags theme park abandoned in 2005 after severe flooding stemming from Hurricane Katrina could be given a new lease of life after ... More

An expensive and long-awaited cultural centre and metro station created by French architects Patrick Berger and Jacques Anziutti on the site of a historic Paris ... More

A 14th century castle on the outskirts of Glasgow has been rescued from ruin and is set to open in spring next year as a ... More

Swiss-based architecture firm Savioz Fabrizzi have repurposed a number of shipping containers, inserting them into an existing venue in the town of Sion in Switzerland ... More

An abandoned community swimming pool has become an ‘eyesore no more’, thanks to an ambitious turnaround project led by family-run operator Choices Health Clubs. Troutbeck ... More

Governments across the Middle East have been urged by heritage experts to consider establishing tourism police departments to protect the region’s endangered heritage sites. Speaking ... More

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has confirmed it has launched a formal investigation into the controversial Protein World advertising campaign, which has sparked an internet ... More

The Scottish National Party (SNP) is urging Aberdeen City Council leaders to abandon a £30m (US$47.2m, €37.9m) renovation project to completely revamp Aberdeen Art Gallery ... More

The historic gates of Strawberry Field in Liverpool, UK, will be returned to their original location to become part of a permanent Beatles visitor attraction ... More

Plans by Foster + Partners for a modern boathouse and visitor centre in Twickenham, UK’s, Orleans Park to house the Queen’s Royal Row Barge have ... More

A plan to reopen the historic Woodhall Spa baths, which gave the Lincolnshire village its name, has been announced by developers after 15 years of ... More

Following in the footsteps of Sydney, Australia’s, giant floating turtle and last year a giant floating rubber duck, a 21m (69ft) long hippo sculpture has ... More

An abandoned theme park in Marble Falls, Arkansas, US, is about to undergo a major renovation to become an eco-theme park. The former Dogpatch USA ... More

A new graffito by renowned street artist Banksy has been removed within hours of being found and put on paid display by an ailing community ... More

The use of face recognition technology to monitor sports fans at the gates of stadiums continues to grow in prominence, with Australia the next country ... More