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24 Feb 2015
Wallace and Gromit, Chicken Run set to star at London Paramount
The £2bn (US$3.2bn, €2.5bn) London Paramount development in Kent, UK, took the first step today (24 February) in welcoming some more down-to-earth characters to its fold. Shaun the Sheep, Wallace and Gromit and Rocky the Rooster from the animated movie Chicken Run look likely to feature at the resort after IP-owners Aardman Animations signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the developer, London Resort
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24 Feb 2015
Argentinian team chosen to design Bamiyan Cultural Centre, Afghanistan
An Argentinian design team, headed up by Carlos Nahuel Recabarren, has won a UNESCO design competition to create a Cultural Centre in Bamiyan, Afghanistan. From more than 1,000 design proposals that were submitted in the single stage competition – which opened in November 2014 – Carlos Nahuel Recabarren, Manuel Alberto Martinez Catalan and Franco Morero’s project, entitled ‘Descriptive Memory: The Eternal Presence of Absence’ was picked as the winner. Paolo
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24 Feb 2015
Developers say Coachella theme park development will come to fruition
Developers for a proposed theme park development in Coachella, California, have said they are confident they can fund the multi-million dollar project. Aztlán Development, the group behind the plans, wants to build a 200ft (60m) high pyramid, 10,000-capacity concert plaza, 12-screen cinema, rides, a river
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23 Feb 2015
Orlando Science Center seeks funding for US$35m overhaul
After a failed attempt to get US$12m (€10.5m, £7.8m) from the Orange County Commission last year for a major overhaul of facilities, Orlando Science Center has produced a new phased funding and development approach with emphasis on private donors in an attempt to win funding when the budget is reviewed in this
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23 Feb 2015
Disney ticket price breaks US$100 mark
Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World is the first theme park to break the US$100 (€88, £65) admission fee, after a price hike which came on Sunday (22 February). Jumping from US$99 to US$105, the family attraction also raised prices at its other parks in Orlando and California, though those remained slightly
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23 Feb 2015
Drayton Manor announces £2.5m Thomas Land expansion
Drayton Manor theme park is embarking on a £2.5m (US$3.9m, €3.4m) expansion of its Thomas Land attraction, with three new rides and a new Sodor Airport terminal. Opening in early April, Thomas Land will increase in size by around 40 per cent. New
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18 Feb 2015
Ethiopian spa resort company to build site on island in Djibouti
Boston Partners, the Ethiopian company known for building Kuriftu-branded resorts, is to construct a new resort on Moucha Island – off the coast of the Republic of Djibouti in the Horn of Africa – in an attempt to establish the Kuriftu brand in east Africa. In December 2013, Kuriftu signed a 50-year lease for
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20 Feb 2015
Leisure dominates in ‘Designs of the year 2015’ shortlist
Sport, museum, culture, recreation and mixed use schemes all feature on the shortlist for this year’s Designs of the Year award. Of 76 nominated projects, representing the work of the best global design talent, an overwhelming number are
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20 Feb 2015
US$500m theme park proposed for Arizona
Property developer the Granger Group has turned its attention from health care and senior living complexes to produce plans for a US$500m (€440m, £323m) theme park and resort development in Williams, Arizona, predicted to attract four million
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Design, build and produce theme parks, themed attractions, auditorium shows, 4D theaters and dark rides, including IP-based attractions.
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