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05 Mar 2019
US$4bn tourism complex in Korea will centre on huge K-pop theme park
A huge new development in Korea is set to go ahead after stalling twice since 2007, with the new attraction boasting a gargantuan K-pop and natural history theme park as its centrepiece. The Hwaseong International Theme Park in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, will be built by Shinsegae Property Consortium and will
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05 Mar 2019
Busch Gardens to replace defunct Gwazi coaster
Busch Gardens has announced it will replace its former wooden rollercoaster Gwazi, which closed in 2015, with a new record-breaking thrill ride. The US theme park, which is celebrating its 60th birthday, is to build a wood and steel hybrid coaster with a maximum height of over 200ft (61m), where Gwazi was
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05 Mar 2019
Colorado Air Force Academy’s planetarium reopens with Steve Spangler show
The US Air Force Academy in Colorado reopened the base's planetarium for the first time in 15 years, with a pre-opening show on Saturday (2 March) from popular scientist Steve Spangler. Spangler, who famously first went viral with a video showing how Mentos and Diet Coke create an eruption in the bottle,
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05 Mar 2019
First-of-its-kind leisure airport set to debut this spring in Singapore
Jewel Changi Airport – long-praised as representing a new paradigm in passenger experience design – is scheduled to open its doors this spring in Singapore. Planned by Safdie Architects and delivered by BuroHappold Engineering, the first-of-its-kind transit hub will double as an attraction and boast several
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04 Mar 2019
Construction underway on Columbus Zoo’s new sea lion and seal habitat
Construction has begun on a new sea lion and seal habitat at Columbus Zoo in Ohio, US, which will include an underwater viewing tunnel allowing visitors to walk next to the creatures as they swim around them. The new area, called Adventure Cove, is expected to open to the public in Q2 2020 and will be open
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04 Mar 2019
Work starts on Science Museum's new collection centre
Work has started on a new permanent home for more than three-quarters of the UK's Science Museum Group's vast collection of artefacts. Called the Science Museum Group’s National Collections Centre, more than 340,000 items – 80 per cent of the Science Museum Group's collection – will be housed at the facility in
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04 Mar 2019
Transport Museum of Hungary chooses architecture competition winner
The Transport Museum of Hungary is building a new home in Budapest and has chosen New York architectural practice Diller Scofidio + Renfro to design it, following a competition. The firm beat off rivals including AL_A, Caruso St John, David Chipperfield and Foster & Partners among others for the museum’s new
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04 Mar 2019
Mecanoo's plans for largest man-made natural park in the world gather tempo
The government of Flevoland has approved a master plan devised by Dutch architects Mecanoo to transform Nationaal park Nieuw Land into the largest man-made natural park in the world. Mecanoo's intervention will see the 29,000-hectare polder – which comprises four loosely connected areas of wetlands near greater
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04 Mar 2019
Powerhouse Museum relocation plan criticised in committee report
The government of New South Wales, Australia, has insisted that a planned move of the Powerhouse Museum from its Ultimo location to Parramatta, across the city in western Sydney, will go ahead, despite the release of a deeply critical inquiry report. A two-and-a-half-year analysis of the project has instead
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02 Mar 2019
Added attractions set to double size of Melbourne water world
An expansion of the Oasis Springs water world at Australia’s Gumbuya World theme park will almost double the size of the waterpark it has announced. Six new waterslides, comprising two “monster” twister slides and a four-lane rally race slide, and a new family wave pool, are to be installed at the attraction,
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01 Mar 2019
Vincent Callebaut scoops civic award for biophilic spa concept in Savoy
French ecological architect Vincent Callebaut has won a competition to redesign ancient thermal baths in the Savoyard town of Aix-les-Bains, France. Dubbed "Ecume des Ondes" (Foam of Waves), Callebaut's proposal features a many-storied, heavily foliaged structure with waveform green terraces. Other elements of
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