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A wellness-focused mega development in London has received full planning consent, with the scheme expected on-site this year and a completion date of 2030. The ... More

In a bid to protect its World Heritage status, the City of Liverpool and Historic England have drawn up a heritage action plan, created to ... More

French architect Jean Nouvel has revealed a preview of the 1,050ft (320m) high tapering tower he has designed for New York, with renderings showing the ... More

Vienna has been added to Unesco’s list of World Heritage in Danger, while notable sites including Machu Picchu and the Great Barrier Reef have narrowly ... More

New York architecture studio Oiio have unveiled an eccentric design concept to counter the city’s strict building height restrictions: a looping skyscraper called The Big ... More

Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects have won an international architecture competition to design “a new public centre” for the city of Stavanger, Norway. Their successful proposal ... More

A public park in Denmark, a Chinese arts centre, a three-storey pedestrian bridge in Iran and a library in Spain are among the leisure projects ... More

Bjarke Ingels has insisted that his unorthodox buildings "are not just for fun", and demonstrate how architects can respond to new development restrictions in unique ... More

Ben van Berkel and his architecture practice, UNStudio, have won a design competition to create four high-rise towers in Frankfurt, Germany, for a high-profile mixed-use ... More

American celebrity chef and restaurateur Tom Colicchio is to launch a new restaurant in The Beekman – a luxury hotel set to open within an ... More

International architecture practice Sasaki Associates have unveiled an ambitious masterplan for the largest mixed-use development in Southeast Asia: an island-based metropolis in Malaysia called Forest ... More

Four of the world's best-known architects have united in calling for New York developers to create more public leisure space. Rick Cook, Bjarke Ingels, Annabelle ... More

Two Dutch architecture studios and a Russian firm have won an international design competition to transform St Petersburg’s Vasilyevsky Island into a new leisure destination ... More

The Elysium Group has announced plans for a new £5m boutique hotel, bar and restaurant to be built in the centre of Colchester. The hotel ... More

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide has signed an agreement with Jabal Omar Development Company to open three new hotels in the Holy City of Mecca ... More

Von Essen hotels has completed the handover from Weston Homes of the Hotel Verta development and the new London Heliport terminal in Battersea, London. The ... More