Here are some of the stories that appeared on CLAD this week, from the announcement of the world’s best building to new projects for OMA, Foster + Partners and Eric Parry.

Monday

• Madrid’s historic Hall of Realms will be refurbished and transformed into an important art exhibition space by architects Foster + Partners and Rubio Arquitectura Read here.

• The Kroenke Sports and Entertainment company has broken ground on the new HKS-designed Los Angeles Stadium, which will be the new home of National Football League franchise the LA Rams. Read here.

• The City of London’s planning committee has green lit architect Eric Parry’s design for the district’s tallest tower. Read here.

• The Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología (UTEC) in Lima, designed by Grafton Architects, has won the first ever RIBA International Prize for the world's best building. Read here.

Tuesday

• A new resort with a nature-inspired spa has opened adjacent to an environmentally protected 208-acre state park along Florida’s Gulf Coast. Read here.

• Patrik Schumacher’s position at Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) is not under threat despite the practice issuing a frank statement distancing itself from his controversial comments about social housing and the privatisation of public space. Read here.

Wednesday

• British architect and academic Sir Peter Cook has blasted the “conspiracy of boring” he believes is preventing the creation of interesting and risk-taking contemporary buildings. Read here.

• A masterplan a new leisure district for Dutch football club Feyenoord, which includes a sculptural new stadium, has been approved by the mayor of Rotterdam. Read here.

• Parisian gym-goers could soon be powering scenic boat trips along the River Seine on a fitness vessel that harnesses energy from passengers’ workouts. Read here.

Thursday

• Plans for Factory, the flagship arts building for the north of England designed by Rem Koolhaas’ Office for Metropolitan Architecture have been submitted to Manchester City Council. Read here.

• Faena Forum, the new cultural core of the Faena District in Miami Beach, has opened to the public in time for the Design Miami global forum. Read here.

• A US Army base in the centre of Seoul will be repurposed as a vast public park by Dutch landscape architects West 8. Read here.

Friday

• Italian studio Network of Architecture (NOA*) have created a cantilevering swimming pool overlooking a forest valley in the Dolomites in Italy. Read here.

• The world’s first permanent ice hotel has opened to guests 200km (124m) north of the Arctic Circle. Read here.

• Ground has been broken on a life-size replica of the doomed Titanic passenger liner now under construction in China’s Sichuan Province. Read here.



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