First building on Zaha Hadid Architects' Unicorn Island nears completion
Zaha Hadid Architects has released a video revealing a sinuous white exhibition centre that it is close to completing on Unicorn Island in Chengdu, China. More
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BIG and WXY unveil "playful" transformation of Downtown Brooklyn
Architecture firms BIG and WXY have unveiled a masterplan for Downtown Brooklyn that aims to improve the area's pedestrian experience with playful furniture, expanded sidewalks and improved crossings. More
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Partisans to turn Canadian town into "city of the future" The Orbit
Architecture studio Partisans has unveiled plans to transform a Canadian town into a smart community, combining fibre optics, autonomous vehicles and drone ports within a rural setting. More
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WilkinsonEyre and Grant Associates design "island playground" in Singapore
WilkinsonEyre and Grant Associates have unveiled a masterplan for a "major international leisure and attraction destination" on two islands off the coast of Singapore. More
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Stefano Boeri designs elevated walkway to be built under Renzo Piano Genoa bridge
Stefano Boeri has unveiled the design of a circular elevated walkway that will be built below Renzo Piano's replacement for the collapsed Morandi Bridge in Genoa, Italy. More
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Vilius Vizgaudis reimagines Texan city as "capital of sustainable living"
Bartlett graduate Vilius Vizgaudis has reimagined Paris, Texas, as a sustainable city in a bid to entice president Donald Trump to rejoin the Paris Agreement. More
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Sidewalk Labs reveals masterplan for Sidewalk Toronto neighbourhood
Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs has outlined its Toronto Tomorrow masterplan to turn a parcel of the city's waterfront into the "neighbourhood of the future". More
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Waugh Thistleton designs eco-village in a lake to reinvigorate central Bergen
Over a thousand houses built on the Store Lungegårdsvann lake will form the heart of Trenezia, a sustainable village masterplanned by Waugh Thistleton for Bergen, Norway. More
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Snøhetta reveals masterplan for 1960s Blaisdell Center in Honolulu
Architecture firm Snøhetta has unveiled a plans to renovate and extend a mid-century arts and performance complex in Honolulu, Hawaii. More
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UNStudio masterplans smart city in Bangalore
Dutch practice UNStudio has unveiled a masterplan for Karle Town Centre, a garden-filled smart city in Bangalore where buildings will be covered in cooling white paint. More
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OMA and Laboratorio Permanente to transform two Milanese railway yards into "ecological filters"
OMA and Laboratorio Permanente's Agenti Climatici masterplan will turn two abandoned goods yards in Milan into public parks to filter the city's air and water pollution.
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UNStudio develops smart neighbourhood where residents own their data
UNStudio has unveiled plans to create the "smartest neighbourhood in the world" in the Netherlands, where residents produce their own resources and control the use of their data. More
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SOM breaks ground on Alárò City in Nigeria
Construction has begun on Alárò City, which is being masterplanned by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, as an extension to Lagos in southwest Nigeria. More
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Snøhetta unveils masterplan for island-like student district in Budapest
A masterplan drawn up by architecture firm Snøhetta envisions an "island" neighbourhood for 12,000 students off the Danube river in south Budapest. More
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White peaks of MAD's Nanjing Zendai Himalayas Centre revealed in new photos
MAD's city-sized complex of mountain-like towers with cascading white louvres, called the Nanjing Zendai Himalayas Centre, is nearing completion in eastern China.
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Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects plans cluster of triangular smart skyscrapers for Helsinki
Triangle-shaped towers fitted with smart technology form the centre of Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects competition-winning masterplan for Helsinki. More
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WXY's Brooklyn Navy Yard masterplan proposes "vertical manufacturing space"
These new renderings show the ambitions for the next phase of development at Brooklyn Navy Yard, where high-rise structures will create 5.1 million square feet of urban industrial space. More
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Steven Holl to overhaul University College Dublin with design referencing Giant's Causeway
Steven Holl Architects has won a competition to revamp Ireland's largest university, with a proposal featuring buildings that reference the geological forms of the Giant's Causeway. More
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Smiljan Radić works on fire station and playground for Chilean civic hub
Architects Smiljan Radić, Eduardo Castillo and Danilo Lazcano teamed up on this community hub in San Pedro de La Paz, Chile, featuring a bright red fire station, raised black walkway and a playground. More
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OMA and Morphosis unveil competing designs for island of unicorn startups in Chengdu
OMA and Morphosis have unveiled their visions for Unicorn Island, a new technology hub proposed for Chinese city Chengdu, which are competing against two other yet-to-be-revealed designs. More
