Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) is to design a masterplan for a major mixed-used urban development to be called “Discovery City”. The city will be located within the 28 sq km…

A team comprised of Chinese state-owned companies has won a design and planning contract for a new city in Mongolia, close to the town of Kharkhorum in the Orkhon Valley,…

A team led by UK architect Cross Works has been chosen by the government of Uzbekistan to masterplan the first phase of New Tashkent, the country’s new capital. Groundworks have…

The head of the government authority responsible for building Indonesia’s new capital city on the island of Borneo has resigned along with his deputy two months before a scheduled relocation,…

Millions of people living in Chinese cities face rapid subsidence, according to a major new study. Dozens of researchers led by Ao Zurui of South China Normal University used a…