Australian contractor Leighton Asia has been chosen to construct six high-rise residential towers in Mumbai for local developer Godrej Properties. In all, the 44-storey towers will provide almost 500,000 sq…

US developer CIM has confirmed that its high rise under construction in Atlanta, Georgia was the scene of a fatality last week, as police released more details of the incident…

The Vietnamese government has picked Hanoi-based conglomerate Vingroup to build 500,000 affordable housing units, half of the million units the government promised by 2030 four years ago. In 2023 it…

Canada’s immigration minister Marc Miller has announced that foreign registered apprentices will be able to work in the country while completing their studies without having to apply for permits beforehand…

Housebuilders on either side of the 49th parallel have warned that President Trump’s 25% tariffs on Canadian imports, and Canada’s retaliatory tariffs, would drive up the cost of residential construction…

Canada will need to invest more than US$210bn a year to meet its housebuilding targets, according to a report from policy thinktank, the Fraser Institute. The housing market is suffering…

California yesterday announced an expansion of its programme to release public land for housing development. The office of Governor Gavin Newsom also launched a web portal to make it easier…

Spanish developer Neinor Homes will invest €35m building four apartment blocks in the town of Mungia, a former industrial area in Spain’s Basque Country. The company hopes its 137 apartments…

Canberra has announced that for two years from April 2025, foreign buyers will be unable to purchase existing homes in the country. The move is intended to relax price pressure…

US senators are demanding answers from the Trump administration over what they say are damaging consequences for energy infrastructure and housing after deep and sudden staffing cuts at government departments…

North Korea has celebrated the beginning of a scheme to build 10,000 flats with a huge explosion, detonated by Kim Jong-un, the country’s supreme leader. The ‘groundblasting’ was held on…

The Canadian government is joining forces with the Ontario provincial government and the city of Toronto to fund a major housing scheme on Toronto’s waterfront. They’ll contribute a combined US$680m…

Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on goods imported from Canada and Mexico, announced Saturday, will raise the cost of vital materials used in residential construction and fuel the housing affordability crisis,…

The government of New South Wales (NSW) has announced that in the three weeks since it launched the Housing Delivery Authority (HDA) it received 96 submissions which if approved would build…

Hungary’s largest residential housing developer has announced plans to increase its building programme in Budapest by 1,000 units next year. It said this was a response to rising demand and…

Construction has been completed at a five-tower residential project in Chongqing, designed by Dutch architect UNStudio on behalf of Singaporean developer GuocoLand. The towers will vary between 16 to 51…

Researchers at the University of East London (UEL) have built a school in India out of a new low-carbon building material made from the pith left after sugar cane is…

British architect Foster + Partners has unveiled its design for a beachfront development in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. The Tempo hotel and residences overlooks the surf beach…