News ZHA designs Qatar seafront neighbourhood Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has unveiled the design for The Grove, a seafront neighbourhood and marina on Qatar’s Qetaifan Bay. Developed by JMJ Group Holding and Qetaifan Projects, The Grove…
News New Denver building simulates “living in a canyon” China’s MAD Architects has opened One River North, a 16-storey, mixed-use development in the centre of Denver, Colorado, which contains a crack through the building, displaying a set-back interior inspired…
News Somalia starts 50,000-home urban quarter in Mogadishu Somalia has begun work on a 50,000-unit residential project in the coastal Kaaraan district in the north of Mogadishu. Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud laid the foundation stone for the…
News Milwaukee plans the next ‘world’s tallest’ timber tower The City of Milwaukee has unveiled plans for a $700m downtown development which it says “could include” the tallest mass timber tower in the world and the tallest building in…
News Owners of Chicago sports teams to come together for $7bn entertainment district Two well-known Chicago families have joined forces to plan a $7bn development on the city’s West Side, around the home ground of the Chicago Bulls basketball team. The Reinsdorfs, who…
News Schmidt Hammer Lassen designs 15-minute neighbourhood for Luxembourg City A team made up of Denmark’s Schmidt Hammer Lassen and Luxembourg’s Assar Universum Architects has won a competition to design a neighbourhood in Luxembourg where homes, jobs and shops are…
News MVRDV completes pixellated Abu Dhabi neighbourhood Construction has been completed on Pixel, a 85,000 sq m mixed-use development designed by Dutch architect MVRDV in Abu Dhabi. At the centre of the project is a communal plaza…
News 10 Design’s Hangzhou mall and office tower opens for business Work has finished on an office tower and shopping mall designed by China-based architect 10 Design for state-owned developer China Resources Land in Hangzhou, a city of 10.4 million people…
News Stefano Boeri Architetti designs Urban Oasis for Bratislava Stefano Boeri Architetti has won a competition to redesign the Chalupkova district in downtown Bratislava, a 3ha former industrial site that has for decades been one of the Slovak capital’s…
News Construction begins on 190m-tall tower in Guadalajara Construction has begun on “Legend”, a 190m-tall, mixed-use tower in the central Mexican city of Guadalajara. The tower was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) in collaboration with Mexico…
News Mixed-use project transforms Eindhoven factory Dutch architect MVRDV has unveiled its design for Strijp-S Tribune, a stepped, eight-storey-tall mixed-use building in Eindhoven. MVRDV designed the project for housing association Trudo, with 56 units that are…
News Snøhetta designs mixed-use “town square” for Oslo suburb Work has been completed on the Vertikal Nydalen, a mixed-use development that will act as the “town square” for north Oslo’s Nydalen neighbourhood. The 11,000 sq m, 18-storey building was…
News Japan’s tallest building completed in Tokyo Japan’s tallest building, the Mori JP Tower, designed by American architect Pelli Clarke & Partners, has been completed in Tokyo. The residential and office building contains 64 floors, the top…
News 10 Design reveals plans for new South Bay waterfront in Shenzhen Architect 10 Design has revealed its regeneration plan for a waterfront site to the east of Shenzhen. The Yantian Old Market Town is an industrial suburb experiencing rapid growth. The…
News MVRDV designs Berlin office and residential campus Construction has begun on a 61,200 sq m mixed-use development in the eastern Friedrichshain district of Berlin, designed by Dutch architect MVRDV. The LXK Office and Residential Campus is formed…
News Foster + Partners designs science and technology centre between Shanghai and Suzhou UK architect Foster + Partners has unveiled its design for the Xicen Science & Technology Centre, a mixed-use development on wetlands west of Shanghai and south of Suzhou. The project…
News California to fast-track $2bn mixed-use project in Skid Row California governor Gavin Newsom will use a new law to try and expedite a $2bn mixed-use development with low-income housing near Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles. The 3ha “Fourth…
News Mercedes-Benz announces 67-storey residential cube in Miami 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…