Dutch architect UNStudio and Brazilian developer Eztec have announced the completion of two towers in São Paulo, which they describe as a “new form of living”. The EZ Parque da…

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has been chosen to design 17 residential buildings for the New Jersey Performing Arts Centre (NJPAC), which the practice designed in the late nineties. The…

The city of Balneário Camboriú in southeast Brazil has approved the construction of the 544m-tall Triumph Tower, which, if completed, would be the world’s tallest residential building. It’s set to…

Vicinity Centres, an Australian real estate investment trust, has won approval for a US$1bn residential development in Melbourne, The Urban Developer reports.  The Box Hill project will consist of 1,700…

Aston Martin has announced the completion of a 249m-tall residential tower in downtown Miami. The sail-shaped building was designed by the car-maker, along with Rodolfo Miani of Argentine architect Bodas…

Canada has announced a plan to ease the country’s housing crisis by leasing public land to developers with a target of getting 3.9 million houses built by 2031, Prime Minister…

The government of Dubai has announced plans for a fourth phase of its South Bay development, which will add 138 three-to-five bedroom villas, together with a few six and seven…

Dutch architect MVRDV has unveiled its design for Tencent P5, a residential development in Shenzhen’s Qianhai bay containing 11 apartment towers and a kindergarten arranged around four courtyards. The development…

Nigeria plans to build a “Diaspora City” for the 20 million of its citizens who live in other countries. The idea is to give emigrants, who together send $24bn back…

Dubai-based Samana Developers today said it will award 18 construction contracts as it spends $3.4bn on new residential projects in its home city this year. The company will prioritise waterfront…

Emirati developer Ellington Properties has appointed Gulf-based consultant SSH as lead consultant on its Ellington Views I & II residential towers in Ras Al Khaimah. SSH will provide design consultancy…

Work has begun in the City of Sacramento on a village of 175 cabins to shelter some of California’s 181,000 homeless people. They’ll go up on Stockton Boulevard near the…

The largest landlord in Germany reported a loss of €6.8bn last week after writing down the value of its property portfolio. Shares in Vonovia fell more than 7% in the…

Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has planned a renovation of Le Schuylkill Tower, a modernist residential development in Monte Carlo. The 1963 structure contains 188 homes ranging from studio flats to…

Mercedes-Benz has announced plans to develop an apartment block in Miami, designed by New York’s SHoP Architects on behalf of US real estate company JDS Development Group. “Mercedes-Benz Places” will…

Construction has begun on a 19ha, $744m residential project in Vietnam, developed by Singapore’s CapitaLand Group. The new quarter will be located in Binh Duong New City, an industrial centre…

A former industrial site will be transformed by Dutch architect KCAP into a kilometer-long urban housing development within a park. The Rinkkaai project is located 400m from Ghent’s central Gent-Sint-Peters…

Developers Ivanhoé Cambridge and Shea Properties are celebrating the completion of “Sixth & Jackson”, a two-building, six-story, 518-unit, mixed-use project in the Californian city of San Jose’s historic Japantown. They…