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Sustainability-focused trade association GSN Planet has launched a new training programme to educate spa professionals about environmentally conscious spa management. Now accessible on the GSN ... More

Seneca Polytechnic in Toronto, Canada, has revealed plans for a multi-million-dollar health and wellness complex based on indigenous design, sustainability and inclusion. Described as a ... More

Global design and production agency BRC Imagination Arts has appointed Christian Lachel as chief creative officer, taking over the role from BRC founder Bob Rogers. ... More

Since being established in 2003, COOKFOX Architects have gained a reputation for being proponents of architecture at the intersection of sustainability and wellness, which co-founder ... More

Construction work has begun on a £53m sports facility at the University of Portsmouth. A groundbreaking ceremony has been held to signal the start of ... More

Fiserv Forum, the new home of the National Basketball Association (NBA) Milwaukee Bucks, has been named the world’s first bird-friendly stadium. The 714,000sq ft Populous-designed ... More

Portsmouth City Council has approved plans for an inclusive and sustainable sports facility at University of Portsmouth. Designed by FaulknerBrowns Architects, the complex will include ... More

Asian real estate corporation New World Development has officially launched its “most ambitious” project to date: a museum-retail complex in the heart of Hong Kong's ... More

Oscar-winning actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio is investing in a planned eco-certified hotel in Herzliya, Israel, according to several media reports in the country. ... More

The Global Wellness Institute has released its first report on wellness real estate and communities, Build Well to Live Well. The organisation estimates that the ... More

Chinese practice MAD Architects have completed their latest urban-scale “expansion of nature” – a vast residential, commercial and leisure complex in Beijing that brings mountainous ... More

The Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, has become the first sports stadium in the world to achieve platinum certification for Leadership in Energy and Environmental ... 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

US National Football League (NFL) franchise the Atlanta Falcons has released a new video showing the final stages of construction work on their US$1.5bn (€1.3bn, ... More

Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise DC United has secured a US$25m (£19.3m, €22m) funding package to make its soon-to-be-built new stadium more energy efficient. The ... More

Wellness real estate and technology firm Delos has announced the latest in a long line of strategic alliances as it continues its bid to expand ... More

Health and wellbeing specialist Victoria Lockhart has announced she is leaving her role at global design, engineering and consultancy firm Arup to take up a ... More

Here are some of the stories that appeared on CLAD this week, from the winner of the 2016 Stirling Prize to new openings by Amanda ... More

The Green Spa Network named the winners in its Sustainability Awards during the 2016 Congress Gala Banquet held at the Devil’s Thumb Ranch in Colorado. ... More

The world’s largest green building conference and expo has begun in Los Angeles. Sustainability, clean energy, green technologies and health and wellness in the built ... More

The new California home of US National Basketball Association franchise the Sacramento Kings has become the first indoor sports venue to achieve LEED Platinum certification. ... More

Architecture and property development practice Swisatec have announced new additions to their planned 40-hectare leisure village in Cape Town. A seven-storey mixed-use lifestyle centre and ... More

Here are some of the most popular stories that appeared on CLAD this week Monday Zaha Hadid Architects and Glenn Howells Architects were named as ... More

The International WELL Building Institute has named US Green Building Council CEO and founding chair Rick Fedrizzi as CEO and chair of its board of ... More

South Africa’s Verde Hotels group has won a contract to develop the transformation of an old building in Zanzibar, Tanzania into the archipelago’s “greenest” hotel. ... More