Week's top news: Four Seasons launch design studio, Philippe Starck returns and Zaha Hadid Architects to build 'world's greenest stadium'
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Here are some of the stories that appeared on CLAD this week, from Philippe Starck’s latest hotel a Zaha Hadid Architects stadium made entirely from wood.
Monday
• Hospitality giant Four Seasons has opened its own holistic design studio. Read here.
• Five years on from its inception, Southend Council is searching for an architect to develop a £49m (US$59.6m, €54m) museum to house the Saxon King’s relics. Read here.
Tuesday
• Wellness in architecture was a key topic at the Global Wellness Summit in Austria last month. Read here.
• A major milestone in the construction of Kengo Kuma’s V&A Museum of Design Dundee in Scotland has been reached, with the completion of the upper floor and public space. Read here.
• Carlo Ratti Associati have unveiled the design of a new master plan for the Currie Park waterfront of West Palm Beach, Florida, which features a floating public plaza partially submerged beneath the sea. Read here.
• After teasing “a beautiful and sustainable” solar roof concept in August, billionaire entrepreneur and Tesla founder Elon Musk has fully unveiled the technology. Read here.
Wednesday
• Architecture practice Cebra have unveiled concepts for a new cultural attraction focusing on the historic connection between Denmark, Greenland and the Arctic. Read here.
• Design and technology consultancy Hirsch & Mann are set to transform everyday pedestrian crossings into playful multi-sensory experiences after winning the 2016 Playable City Award. Read here.
• Designer Philippe Starck, architects Arquitectonica, hospitality group sbe and developer Related Group have joined forces to launch a “poetic” new hotel in Miami’s burgeoning Brickell neighbourhood. Read here.
• The director of Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA), Patrik Schumacher, has vowed the studio will continue to flourish despite the death of their pioneering founder earlier this year. Read here.
Thursday
• Universal Studios has broken ground on its largest ever theme park project – a CN¥50bn (US$7.4bn, €6.65bn, £6bn) development set to open in Beijing in 2020. Read here.
• A Dutch design agency claims to have found a simpler and cheaper solution to installing buildings with elevators or staircases: a pulley system that relies on “vertical walking.” Read here.
• SeaWorld has announced the formation of Deep Blue Creative – a new team within the company tasked with bringing to life innovative new experiences under its "fun and meaningful" philosophy. Read here.
• Following a seven-month international competition, English football club Forest Green Rovers has selected Zaha Hadid Architects to design its new all-wooden football stadium. Read here.
Friday
• The City of Helsinki has prepared a new funding proposal for establishing a Guggenheim museum in the city, after Finland’s co-ruling nationalist Finns party blocked state aid for the project’s development. Read here.
• Global sports and arena architects HOK have been tasked with designing “the world’s largest next-generation music and entertainment venue” in Las Vegas. Read here.
• Figures from the worlds of architecture, design, fashion and food have collaborated on a design-led hotel in the heart of Barcelona that “transports classicism to the present day.” Read here.
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