NBBJ to design Tencent’s futuristic “Net City” in Shenzhen
Global design firm NBBJ has won an international competition to design Net City, a 2-million-square-meter masterplanned...
UNStudio to transform Gyeongdo Island into a sustainable tourism destination
UNStudio has unveiled a masterplan to transform South Korea’s Gyeongdo Island into a new, 470,000-square-meter...
ODA designs an “urban experiment” masterplan for Chengdu
On the invitation of the Chengdu government, New York-based architecture firm ODA has created a visionary new masterplan...
PAU unveils carbon-neutral Sunnyside Yard masterplan in NYC
Global architecture firm Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU) has revealed a masterplan for transforming...
Carbon-neutral, prefab development targets sustainable urbanism for Rotterdam’s Rijnhaven area
In a bid to revitalize the area of Rijnhaven, a Rotterdam port dating back to 1895, Blueroom and Urban Crossovers...
Net-zero community planned for Hamburg will rely on geothermal and solar energy
The formerly industrial borough of Harbugh in Hamburg, Germany will soon get a strikingly modern and eco-conscious...
MVRDV’s garden “oasis” in Utrecht includes a green-roofed convention center
MVRDV has unveiled designs to transform the underutilized area on the west side of Utrecht’s central station...
First Smart Forest City in Mexico will be 100% food and energy self-sufficient
Milan-based architecture firm Stefano Boeri Architetti has unveiled innovative designs for a nature-infused smart...
Three visions unveiled for the future of La Brea Tar Pits
The Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County (NHMLAC) has unveiled three preliminary masterplan concepts for...
LEED-targeted Monroe Blocks breaks ground in the heart of Detroit
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has just broken ground on its first U.S. project, Monroe Blocks, a masterplan...
Zaha Hadid Architects wins bid to masterplan Russia’s largest port
Zaha Hadid Architects has won the Admiral Serebryakov Embankment competition, an international masterplanning contest...
Henning Larsen to revitalize Brussels region with rooftop farming and co-housing
A post-industrial region in Brussels will find a new lease on life thanks to the vision of Henning Larsen Architects....
Winding “boulevard in the sky” to snake through Shenzhen
An elevated mile-long park has been unveiled for Shenzhen, China. Envisioned as a “meandering skydeck,” this...
UNStudio’s striking Paris cultural center contorts for optimal daylight
UNStudio has unveiled competition-winning designs for Centre Culturel DédiéAu 7è Art, a new cultural center...
Thousands of tomato-sauce jars to turn into “tomato architecture” at Mutti
An endless red waterfall of tomatoes will wow visitors at the new headquarters for Mutti - one of the world’s...
Amsterdam is transforming a prison into a green energy-generating neighborhood
A brighter, solar-powered future is coming to Bijlmerbajes, a former prison complex in Amsterdam. The Dutch government...
Zaha Hadid Architects wins bid for the Port of Tallinn Masterplan
Zaha Hadid Architects just won an international competition to redevelop one of Europe's fastest growing ports...
MVRDV to upgrade historic French city with modern, ecological design
France’s historic Bordeaux World Heritage Site is getting a modern ecological refresh thanks to prolific Rotterdam-based...
New Feyenoord sports center has a perforated facade made from weathered steel
A perforated weathered steel envelope shelters the interior of the new Feynoord Training Complex in Rotterdam,...
China plans its first “Forest City” to fight air pollution
Just weeks after Stefano Boeri announced plans for China's first vertical forest, the Italian architect unveiled...
Flowing home in Portugal challenges the rectangular architecture of its neighbors
With its bold curved walls and inner courtyard focus, this minimalist house in Portugal creates a strong sense...
This smog-fighting music academy will have an air purifier as effective as 33,000 trees
The Polish city of Krakow has some of the worst air pollution in the world. In hopes of improving the city’s...
Futuristic green city design runs like a real rainforest in Malaysia
If money were no object, what would the ideal city of the future look like? Laboratory for Visionary Architecture...
Vincent Callebaut envisions Belgium’s industrial zone as an amazing energy-generating community
Designer Vincent Callebaut presents an amazing green facelift to the century-old warehouses at Belgium’s former...
Former industrial district in Finland to be transformed into an eco-friendly innovation hub
The Finnish city of Tampere just declared Schauman & Norgren Architects and Mandaworks the winners of an international...
UNStudio and Heerim unveil lush, garden-filled development for Seoul
The existing 32-tower site comprises over a million square meters with 4,424 apartments. UNStudio and Heerim will...
SOM designs pedestrian-friendly revamp for the heart of Philadelphia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTtsmrT7y6k SOM’s masterplan for Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station Precinct...
Zaha Hadid Architects to transform a brownfield site in Prague
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) unveiled plans to redevelop a brownfield site in Prague. Commissioned by the investment...
MAD completes undulating Harbin Opera House in China
MAD won the international open competition for Harbin Cultural Island in 2010, with the opera house masterplan...
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects unveil a pedestrian-friendly masterplan for Oslo’s Eureka Kvarteret
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects unveiled their winning competition proposal to design the area of Skøyen in central...