News Saudi Arabia unveils rugged Neom tourism district on the Red Sea Saudi Arabia has announced plans to build a jagged tourist resort on the Red Sea as part of its Neom programme of megadevelopments. The Siranna district will be formed of…
News Dutch team design buildings for future Kyiv district A team made up of Dutch firms MVRDV and Orange Architects has revealed designs for three buildings in Nuvo, a mixed-use project that will be built on a former industrial…
News MAD Architects’ Ark to replace former Shanghai cement factory Beijing-based architect MAD has revealed its plans to transform a cement factory warehouse in Shanghai into a waterside “ark”. The Shanghai Zhangjiang factory, which closed in 2013, will be turned…
News Zaha Hadid Architects set to design seven mixed-used buildings in Qatar Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has signed a memorandum of understanding to design seven mixed-use buildings on Qetaifan Island North in Qatar. The $271m deal with conglomerate JMJ Group and real…
News UNStudio designs multi-tower complex at Hangzhou Olympic site Dutch architect UNStudio has designed the four-tower, mixed-use Hiwell Amber Centre in Hangzhou, southeast China. The complex contains two residential towers, an office tower, and a tower containing a hotel…
News UNStudio design “new heart” for Düsseldorf Dutch architect UNStudio has designed a 10,000 sq m, mixed-use project for Düsseldorf’s northern city centre. The “New Heart” development will contain two towers, the taller of which will be…
Projects ‘Not since Haussmann!’: Residents move into new Paris quarter built with stone People have started moving into a new mix-use quarter in Paris built predominantly with stone. It is “the largest building site using solid, load-bearing stone since Haussmann!” says its architect,…
News Toulouse development revives 1920s aviation heydey Dutch architect KCAP and France’s V2S Architectes have won an international design competition for a mixed-use complex in the new ZAC Aerospace neighbourhood on the edge of Toulouse. A 25m-wide…
News Neighbourhood designed around Indianapolis football stadium Designs have been unveiled for the Indy Eleven, a 20,000-seat soccer stadium that will become the centrepiece of the $1bn Eleven Park neighbourhood, a mixed-use project in downtown Indianapolis. Eleven…
Projects How “raking props” helped Scandinavia’s tallest building rise from clay The Swedish city of Gothenburg is getting its first skyscraper, the 245m Karlatornet tower designed by US architect Skidmore Owens & Merrill, set to be the centrepiece of a new…
News Work to begin this week on $3bn masterplan in Frisco, Texas The first phase of a major mixed-use development in the city of Frisco in the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area will break ground this week. Texas developer StreetLights Residential is managing…