WWII news

Lucknam Park Hotel and Spa, Emblems Collection, close to Bath in the UK, has relaunched as the first Emblems-branded hotel in Accor’s portfolio. The Emblems ... More

Montenegro’s Mamula Island is now operating as Mamula Island by Banyan Tree. Originally a 19th Century fortress, the hotel will remain open for the rest ... More

After four years in development, The Chancery Rosewood will open in the iconic former US Embassy building on Grosvenor Square in London’s prestigious Mayfair district ... More

Spa season 2025 will be launched this weekend in the historic spa town of Mariánské Lázně in the Czech Republic, as members of the Great ... More

Italian operator Terme & Spa Italia is preparing to launch a large new day spa in Milan on 1 April, slated to become Italy’s biggest ... More

Terme & Spa Italia, manager of Tuscany's Terme di Saturnia, is embarking on an ambitious urban wellness venture in Milan to create Italy’s largest urban ... More

Gymbox has introduced a series of new classes dedicated to improving mental health. The new Mind category, which comprises five different classes, has been specifically ... More

Global spa, hotel and wellness consultancy The E77 Company is realising a new thermal spa resort and hotel among a historic pine forest in Lithuania’s ... More

The FA Cup final in May could be played in front of 20,000 football fans, as part of a programme of test events designed to ... More

The newly opened Higgins Hotel New Orleans has been designed by Nichols Brosch Wurst Wolfe & Associates (NBWW) and Kay Lang + Associates (KLA) to ... More

Polish firm FAAB Architektura have revealed plans to extend the Museum of Pawiak Prison (MPP) in Warsaw. The renovated building, which will occupy the former ... More

The second day of the World Architecture Festival Awards (WAF) saw a number of restaurants, hotels, and cultural spaces celebrated in multiple categories. In the ... 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 new attraction has opened up high on the Rock of Gibraltar, with Star Wars actor Mark Hamill on-hand to launch the aptly-named Skywalk to ... More

The Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) has announced it will prioritise the care and conservation of the only three museums designed by the legendary Le Corbusier. ... More

Bjarke Ingels Group’s (BIG) transformation of a former German WWII bunker into a cultural complex camouflaged among the protected dunes of Blåvand, western Denmark, has ... More

Here are some of the stories that appeared on CLAD this week, from a planned anime theme park to an ice rink frozen using solar ... More

A museum complex designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) partly on the site of a former German WWII bunker is nearing completion in Blåvand, western ... More

The year ahead promises much excitement in the world of leisure architecture and design. New designs will be unveiled, ongoing projects will take shape and ... More

The Wales Millennium Centre has opened its largest exhibition yet, celebrating the life and works of the much-loved children’s author Roald Dahl. The Wondercrump World ... More

Zaha Hadid’s Mathematics Gallery for London’s Science Museum will open to the public on 8 December 2016, it has been announced. Called The David and ... More

This week was a busy one for Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, who broke ground on an art gallery and clubhouse on a lake in southern ... More

The construction of the Museum of the Second World War – described by its director as “one of the biggest cultural investments being undertaken in ... More

Hotel and leisure group Principal Hayley have vowed to create a luxury landmark hotel inside the historic Liverpool bank building used to hide most of ... More

Developers are cashing in on the redevelopment of a resort originally built by the Third Reich in the run-up to World War II – part ... More