News European bank provides €500m for 3,200 homes in Berlin The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed over €500m in unsecured credit to German municipal housing company HOWOGE to build 3,200 residential units in Berlin by 2029. Half of the…
News Empty offices but nowhere to live: CIOB urges adaptability rules for Ireland A new report from the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) addresses a growing paradox in Ireland, where 14.5% of office buildings were vacant in 2024 – the highest level on…
News Europe’s largest printed housing complex completed in Denmark The 3D-printing phase of Europe’s largest printed housing project, has been completed in Holstebro, west Denmark. Called “Skovsporet” (the forest trail), the project comprises 36 student apartments ranging from 40-to-50-sq-m…
News Saxophone-shaped building going up in Rotterdam Construction has begun on The Sax, a saxophone-shaped residential development in Rotterdam, touted as the Netherlands’ “most densely occupied area” by architect MVRDV. The Sax will have 916 apartments across…
News Singapore goes Dutch by using dikes to reclaim 800 hectares from the sea Singapore has added 800 hectares – 8 sq km – of dry, below-sea-level land to its constrained footprint with its first “polder” at the northwestern tip of Pulau Tekong. With…
News $1bn mixed-use Trump Plaza Jeddah ‘brings Manhattan to Saudi Arabia’ London-listed real estate company Dar Global will build the $1bn Trump Plaza Jeddah, a mixed-use project on King Abdulaziz Road in Saudi Arabia’s second-biggest city. It will have serviced apartments…
News Canada unveils $13bn housing-crisis plan for modular homes on federal land Canada yesterday launched a US$9.4bn (CAN$13bn) plan to build what the government called “deeply affordable” housing at scale, using prefabricated modular methods and mass timber to build on federally owned…
News Top floor of apartment block printed in four days German contractor Züblin and technology firm Instatiq are testing the boundaries of 3D printing by printing the top floor of a four-storey apartment building on site in the small city…
News Gilbane to build 1,000 houses on $1bn Virginia development US contractor Gilbane has been selected to build 1,000 homes across 55 acres for the $1bn redevelopment of Calvert Square and Young Terrace in Norfolk, Virginia. The development aims to…
News Greece’s tallest building is halfway complete Work on what will be Greece’s tallest building, the Riviera Tower, has surpassed the halfway mark, reaching 113m towards its final 200m height. Twice as tall as Greece’s current tallest…
News Balfour Beatty breaks ground on $260m apartment building in Washington, DC UK-headquartered Balfour Beatty has broken ground on a $260m luxury apartment building in southwestern Washington DC for developer Republic Properties. The 356-unit building at 1301 Maryland Avenue South West, called…
News Deal signed for $500m Chaka Housing Project in Addis Ababa Agreement has been reached on a $500m housing project that will build 4,175 homes in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, according to Ethiopian website The Reporter. The Chaka Housing Project…
News Amsterdam moves ahead with 6,200-home new urban district The city of Amsterdam says it has taken a “major step” in its plans to develop a residential district in the southwest of the city. Funds have been made available…
News In Tokyo, data and people clash over scarce space As tech companies invest heavily in big data centres to meet demand for cloud computing and AI, people in Tokyo’s greater metropolitan area are mounting opposition over concerns about about…
News MVRDV designs “Out of the Box” 25-storey residential tower in Taipei Dutch architect MVRDV has designed the 25-storey “Out of the Box” residential tower for the Win Sing Development Company in Taipei’s northern Tianmu neighbourhood. It has a jagged marble façade…
News Leighton Asia to build 10 residential towers south of New Delhi Cimic subsidiary Leighton Asia has been awarded a $130m contract by Indian real estate company Elan Group to build a residential project in Gurugram, a city on the southwest outskirts…
News Zaha Hadid Architects’ UAE seafront resort mimics wind patterns in sand Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has unveiled its design for the Oystra residential development, a 128,000 sq m project that will contain 950 units, ranging from one-bed apartments to villas. The…
News Dutch duo plans new town at Tata Steel plant. Tata says no A group of investors and construction companies have put forward plans to build a new town on the site of a Tata Steel plant at IJmuiden, near the coastal village…