News Modi to restart $11bn of work on new state capital “Amaravati” The moribund project to build “Amaravati”, a brand new capital for the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, is showing rare signs of life with a $1.3bn loan agreed last month,…
News Plan approved for Bradfield, Australia’s ‘first new city in 100 years’ Plans for a central park have been approved for Bradfield City Centre, a new 10,000-home district and business hub planned in a rural area south of the under-construction Western Sydney…
News Winners picked for $863m of work on Kuwait’s new city China Gezhouba Group signed two contracts on Monday with Kuwait’s Public Authority for Housing Welfare (PAHW), the Kuwait Times reports. The deals are worth a total of $557m, and cover…
News Nigeria calls for investors to get delayed $18.5bn Centenary City going Nigeria has renewed calls for investors to take opportunities offered by its $18.5bn Centenary City project in Abuja, business website Nairametrics reports. Ahmed Musa Dangiwa, minister of housing and urban…
News Zaha Hadid Architects designs 200ha “Discovery City” in Malaysia 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…
News Chinese firms to plan a new city in Mongolia 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,…
News International team chosen to masterplan first phase of Uzbekistan’s new capital 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…
News Chief and deputy of Indonesia’s new capital scheme resign 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,…
News China’s cities are sinking, study says 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…