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Exclusive: Iceland’s Blue Lagoon to undergo €40m expansion
The world-famous Blue Lagoon geo- thermal destination spa in Iceland has revealed exclusively to CLADglobal that it’s investing E40m in an expan- sion and redesign project.
Sigridur Sigthorsdottir of Basalt
Architects will lead the project, which is due for completion in 2017. She’s been the architect at Blue Lagoon for almost 20 years and her work in harmonising the man-made and natural environment has received international acclaim. A new thermal bathing pool, built into the surrounding lava field, will connect to the existing lagoon and enlarge it by half. A luxury 60-bed hotel will also be included in the development. The Blue Lagoon, which holds six million litres of geothermal seawa- ter, is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Iceland and last year it welcomed 766,000 visitors. More:
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Baharash Architecture was appointed as lead designer for The Sustainable City
Solar powered hotel for Dubai’s Sustainable City
A hotel powered exclusively by solar energy is to open at Dubai’s ‘The Sustainable City’ development, which has been designed by Baharash Architecture. Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG)
has signed an agreement with Diamond Developers – which is leading the city project – to develop the UAE’s second Hotel Indigo. As well as being fully solar powered, all waste water produced by the hotel will be recycled, and all material waste will be sorted at source and then recycled. Additionally, a solar powered shuttle bus will connect hotel guests to downtown Dubai.
The 170-room hotel will include a restau- rant, health club and outdoor pool and is scheduled to open in the first half of 2017. Aiming to be a regional leader in eco-tour- ism and global environmental protection, The Sustainable City will be Dubai’s first net zero energy city, covering an area of 5,000,000sq ft (464,515sq m). Diamond Developers selected Baharash to be the lead architects for the second phase of the project back in 2013. A museum, planetarium, amphitheatre and equestrian centre will also feature, alongside residences, a green school, a community centre, a mosque, and an organic farm. “The Sustainable City will set the bar for environmental standards,” said Faris Saeed, CEO of Diamond Developers. “Hotel Indigo is the perfect brand for this new community and with IHG’s strong track record we’re confident the hotel will be a success here.” More:
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Equinox to diversify into hotel business
Equinox Holdings, parent company of US health club chain Equinox Fitness, is preparing to launch an upscale hospitality brand. Plans are afoot for 75 hotels worldwide, each with a fitness facility within the hotel, or very close, which would be open to hotel guests as well as to members. The first site is slated for Manhattan in 2018, as part of the massive Hudson Yards scheme. It is a development by Related Co – a
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major shareholder of Equinox – which plans to invest several billion dollars in the chain over the next few years. Designed by Yabu Pushelberg, the property will include indoor and outdoor swimming pools and the company’s largest gym at over 60,000sq ft. The second site is expected to follow a year later in Los Angeles. The hotels will offer one-on-one coaching, a spa providing recovery-specific treatments
and a organic destination restaurant. “We are appealing to the discriminating consumer who lives an active lifestyle and wants to have that as a hotel experience,” says Equinox CEO Harvey Spevak. “We are experts in the art of life maximisation, creating bespoke experiences, offering unparalleled services and always seeking to inspire through considered design.” More:
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PHOTO: BLUE LAGOON
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