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SeaWorld has seen "no discernible impact" stemming from the coronavirus outbreak, according to company CEO Sergio Rivera, who revealed that it's monitoring the situation as ... More

Japanese architecture giants Nikken Sekkei have partnered with construction firm Sumitomo Forest to create the world’s tallest wooden skyscraper, which they hope will inspire the ... More

The Serpentine Pavilion programme – one of the highlights of the UK's architectural calendar – is coming to Beijing in 2018. A major international agreement ... More

Global architects Perkins+Will have launched a list of the most “prolific and problematic” substances that people encounter every day in the built environment. Hosted on ... More

The World Waterpark Association’s (WWA) annual gathering of water leisure professionals took place at West Palm Beach, Florida, in October, featuring the industry’s anticipated Leading ... More

Global architecture firm HOK have been appointed to design a permanent new home for US soccer franchise Louisville City FC. HOK will provide the vision ... More

The BBC has reported today that eight people including two children have been found alive in Italy’s Rigopiano Hotel, two days after it was buried ... More

The myriad of potential applications of a spray-on protective polymer have being showcased through an unlikely medium: an online video of an indestructible watermelon. In ... More

Here are some of the most popular stories that appeared on CLAD this week, from a museum inspired by a kiln to a landmark opera ... More

A Japanese fabric manufacturer has teamed up with Kengo Kuma and Associates to demonstrate how carbon fibre curtains can protect buildings from earthquakes. Komatsu Seiren ... More

The hard shells of coconuts could hold the key to designing buildings able to withstand earthquakes and other natural disasters, researchers from the University of ... More

Hartford’s Connecticut Science Center is planning a major US$16m (€14.6m, £11.2m) expansion and overhaul of its facility to include new educational programmes for kids covering ... More

A 30,000sq m (322,917sq ft) wellness, entertainment and recreation centre has opened in Bucharest that aims to put the Romanian town on the geothermal map ... More

Two major exhibitions open in London this week exploring how architects can change the world in different ways. Creation from Catastrophe, which opens on 27 ... More

Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities has said it is reviving ambitious US$150m (€136m, £97.8m) plans to develop what it says will be the world’s first underwater ... More

A new tourist attraction has debuted in Cartago, Costa Rica, giving visitors the opportunity to experience the effects of a powerful earthquake. The education project ... More

Hundreds are feared dead following the collapse of several UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Nepal after last week’s earthquake, which claimed thousands of lives across ... More

Mark Spalding, president of The Ocean Foundation, has said that underwater cultural heritage such as shipwrecks are a potential environmental “time bomb”, due to the ... More

An area in Christchurch, New Zealand – decimated by an earthquake in 2011 – could be about to get a major new attraction inspired and ... More

The AMI stadium at Addington in Christchurch, New Zealand won the Project of the Year Award at the Stadium Business Awards 2013. The NZ$30m (£15m, ... More

A US$100m (£62.5m, 76.6m euro) discovery park is currently under construction in Union City, Tennessee and expected to open mid-2013. The 50-acre Discovery Park of ... More

A French project team has travelled to New Zealand this week to research work for an indigenous Maori garden to be opened in Moselle Conseil ... More

Image: The new park is KidZania's largest yet International "edutainment" brand KidZania has announced the opening of its largest kids' theme park park yet, with ... More

Major League Soccer (MLS) club San Jose Earthquakes has moved a step closer to its new stadium after planning officials for the California, US city ... More

A new sports complex named after late Christchurch City Council (CCC) member Graham Condon has officially opened on Papanui High School land in the New ... More