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CLAD UPDATE Launch date set for South Korea’s US$1.7bn resort
Work has started on South Korea’s first integrated resort – Paradise City in Incheon
– which is scheduled open next to Incheon International Airport in the first half of 2017. A number of the industry’s leading architec-
ture and design practices have been working on the US$1.7bn (E1.4bn, £1.1bn) casino, hotel, spa and theme park project, including WATG, GA Design International, Hirsch Bedner Associates, Hawkins Brown, Lifescapes International and Gansam Architects. A joint venture between Japanese enter-
tainment company Sega Sammy Holdings and Korean casino operator Paradise Group, the resort will cater for both local visitors and tourists. It will have a five-star hotel, a foreigner-only casino, an indoor theme park,
The development will be a 10 minute walk
from the airport – one of Asia’s main hubs – which welcomes 41.6 million people a year. The 711-bed hotel will also have pool and a fitness centre and will house the casino – the largest in South Korea – with VIPs given access to a private casino on the top floor. A 103-bed boutique hotel is also planned. K-Plaza – housing multiple visitor attractions
Paradise City – a tourism driver for South Korea
restaurants and a healing spa where overseas tourists will be able to experience a Korean public bathhouse or ‘jjimjilbang’. Paradise City will also include retail and a convention centre.
– will include a theme park using 3D hologram technology, a museum dedicated to South Korean culture, Korean restaurants and an art gallery. A total of 330,000sq m (3.5m sq ft) of land for the project is being leased from the airport for 50 years, with Paradise and Sega Sammy holding a 55 per cent and 45 per cent stake in the venture respectively.
Studio Libeskind reveals Vilnius’ wintersports ambition
The city of Vilnius in Lithuania is stepping up its push into the European ski market with the announcement it will build a new cultural/ sports venue – the Vilnius Beacon – with design by Studio Libeskind. This is the first ski resort by the practice.
The development is backed by the City of
Vilnius, the State Trade Co and Start Vilnius Co, which took over responsibility for the loca- tion – the Liepkalnis Ski Hill area – in 2012, with plans to upgrade it. Studio Libeskind founder and principal, Daniel Libeskind, said:
“The Beacon will become an epicentre of enter- tainment, leisure and culture for the city.” The area is already a tourist hotspot and the Beacon will add a new space for winter and summer sports, creating a multi-purpose des- tination offering a combined programme of recreation, sport, culture and entertainment. Design features include a central plaza for events, with a surrounding undercover path- way, retail and public amenities, as well as
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The new Vilnius Beacon is set to become an international tourist destination
two restaurants, one offering fine dining on the third floor with panoramic views of the city and the other more casual, bistro-style.
The ground floor will be a flexible year-
round event space. Completion is expected by 2016. @daniellibeskind
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