World’s First Harry Potter Hotel

LEGOLAND Germany plans the world’s first LEGO Harry Potter land, complete with a fully themed wizarding hotel

Author

Yagmur Baydır
December 30, 2025

Dear PA reader,

Today’s newsletter is a small map of where design culture is heading. LEGOLAND Germany is expanding its family-focused universe with the world’s first LEGO Harry Potter Land and themed hotel. Snøhetta’s 10 most anticipated projects read like a studio manifesto in motion, spanning opera houses, museums, transit, and civic work.

The UAE’s upcoming megaprojects double down on skyline ambition and lifestyle infrastructure, from tower icons to wellness megastructures and new mobility systems designed to compress the city. China’s most anticipated buildings place cultural institutions and megastructures side by side, with a clear emphasis on public programs and landmark-making at metropolitan speed.

Foster + Partners’ upcoming projects pull that story toward infrastructural clarity, mixing national museums, airports, and masterplans. The stadiums set to open in 2027 show sports venues evolving into mixed-use urban engines, designed as much for year-round city life as for matchday intensity.

Futuristic cities in the pipeline worldwide push the conversation further, revealing how urban planning is being rewritten around climate stress, governance experiments, and high-concept infrastructure that is still negotiating its relationship with reality.

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