WORLD LEISURE
Hovering platform offers vertiginous Rockies vista
Jasper National Park in the Canadian Rockies has unveiled its latest attraction – a suspended glass platform hovering high above the famous Columbia Glacier. The CA$21m (US$19.2m, £11.4m, E14m) Glacier Skywalk is made up of a combination of structural steel and glass with the Skywalk anchored into the rock on the side of the mountain. Visitors can travel to and from
the Skywalk from the Park’s Glacier Discovery Centre, where they will see six interactive interpretive stations. There is also an audio tour along a 350m (1,148ft) walkway leading up to the actual skywalk, which reaches up to 280m (918ft) above the ground. Read more:
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An artist’s impression of how the third tier will look at the home of the English league champions Man City pushes forward Etihad stadium expansion
Manchester City Football Club (MCFC) has appointed constructors Laing O’Rourke to build the expansion of its Etihad Stadium. The extension works, designed by archi-
Swimming spaces are part of the plan
Architects look to London’s Thames for wellness space
Wellness space is at a premium in modern day cities and Studio Octopi, a London-based architecture fi rm, is diving head fi rst into making more of that by using London’s Thames as an area for new development. The London As It Could Be Now competition, run by the Royal Academy of Arts, asked multidiscipli- nary design teams to envisage new ideas for sites along the Thames. Studio Octopi suggested creating pools at Blackfriars Bridge and the King Edward Park in Shadwell, with plans for two fi xed pools, extending to a height just below the high water mark and rising with the tide.
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tects Populous, are expected to cost £50m and will be undertaken in two phases. The work will result in the venue having a capacity of 60,000 (up from the current 48,000) – making it the second largest in the English Premier League behind Old Trafford (capacity 75,811), home to local rivals Manchester United. The fi rst phase of construction, which will be completed in time for the 2015-16 season, will see the South Stand expanded
by around 6,000 seats. The second phase, development of the North Stand, will then complete the transformation. Ground engi- neering work has already begun. Tom Glick, chief commercial offi cer for
MCFC, said: “The expansion of the stadium is a hugely signifi cant moment for us. “The waiting list for the expanded Etihad is already close to capacity and we look forward to seeing a sell-out 54,000 seat stadium as we open the 2015 season.” The stadium, previously called City of Manchester Stadium, was built by O’Rourke for the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Read more:
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Donald Trump buys Scotland’s Turnberry golf course resort
Donald Trump has made his latest foray into the golf resort market with the purchase of Turnberry in South Ayrshire, Scotland. The US property tycoon has acquired the entire Turnberry estate – including its fi ve star hotel boasting 145 guestrooms, four ocean-view suites, an ESPA spa and three golf courses. The sum Trump paid remains undisclosed, but is thought to be much less than the £52m (US$88m, E63m) previous owner Leisurecorp paid for the property in 2008, pre-recession. Read more:
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