All Leisure & culture articles – Page 20
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Olympic site video: First permanent bridge lifted into place
Footage of the first of more than 30 bridges for Olympic Park being lifted by 250-tonne crane
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B4 its time: Sheppard Robson B4 ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV
Sheppard Robson has submitted the £70m B4 ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV for planning
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A lens on 3XN’s new Museum of Liverpool
There is just one thing about 3XN’s Museum of Liverpool on which everyone agrees: it will offer fabulous views of the Mersey. Thomas Lane looks at the construction challenges behind the city’s most controversial new structure.
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Steel framework goes up at Olympic stadium
Cranes hoist into place 35 tonnes of steel terracing for south stand this week
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Libeskind's Swiss shopping and leisure centre opens its doors
Star architect branches out into retail and leisure with £250 centre straddling motorway near Bern
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Foster opens performance venue in France
The city of Saint-Etienne unveils its arts and sporting venue with cantilevered roof
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Viñoly turns a corner – the Leicester Curve
Rafael Viñoly’s UK projects have been derided and delayed, but finally, with the Curve in Leicester, he has got one done and dusted. Thomas Lane finds out whether this ‘inside-out’ theatre will answer the critics
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New Olympic village legacy designs released
ODA reveals latest look for 2012 village and images of work on site, despite ongoing funding issues
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The wet room
Timber is well suited to the harsh environment of an indoor swimming pool, but at Longwell Green the finish also decided the way the building was constructed, as Stephen Kennett discovered
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King's Place prepares to open its doors
Five-day cultural extravaganza to celebrate Parabola Land's mix of concert halls, galleries, food outlets and office space in King's Cross
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McAlpine completes Capita's new home for BBC Wales orchestra
Keys handed over for BBC National Orchestra of Wales's new venue at Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff
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HOK Sport unveils 'Armadillo' stadium
Metallic-clad 50,000-seat football stadium in Mexico is inspired by adjacent mountain
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O2 World opens in Berlin
Entertainment centre will host ice hockey, basketball and music concerts for audiences of 17,000
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McAleer & Rushe to replace Swiss Centre with £200m W hotel
Jestico + Whiles-designed leisure complex for Starwood Hotels & Resorts to take place of demolished landmark in Leicester Square
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On your marks: Countdown to 2012, London's Olympic stadium
No false starts here. Construction at London’s 80,000-seater Olympic stadium has got off faster than Usain Bolt (well, almost). Martin Spring watches the sprint towards that now famous deadline
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Natural History Museum unveils the Darwin Centre
Images released of windowless cocoon by Danish architects that will exhibit 20 million specimens and house its 200 researchers
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Keith Williams Architects raises curtain on £25m Canterbury theatre
The play's the thing for London-based architect after Kent project gets green light
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Capita completes work on new luxury resort in Dubai
Atlantis, The Palm features the tallest freefall water slide in the Middle East, 65,000 marine creatures in a special underwater lagoon
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Gustafson Porter follows Diana Memorial with paddling pool in Woolwich
Greenwich council names Diana fountain architect as winner of competition to redesign General Gordon Square and Beresford Square
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A fine winery: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners’ Spanish project
In between its airport terminals and office towers, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners manages to find time for the odd small but perfectly formed project. Martin Spring visits a wine factory in northern Spain