News: Danish architecture studio ADEPT has won a competition to masterplan a 17 square-kilometre district in the Chinese city of Hengyang with designs that involve a sequence of looping zones. More about ADEPT plans looping masterplan for Chinese city district
Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled new images and a movie showing the studio's proposals to convert an old textile factory in Belgrade, Serbia, into a free-flowing complex of apartments, offices and leisure facilities. More about Movie: Beko Masterplan by Zaha Hadid Architects
News: British architect Terry Farrell's firm is onboard to masterplan a £1 billion business hub in London's docklands for Chinese and Asian businesses. More about Farrells develops £1 billion Chinese business hub in London docklands
The homes of 27,000 Palestinian refugees will be replaced as part of this reconstruction project underway at Nahr el-Bared, 16 kilometres outside of Tripoli, Lebanon (+ slideshow). More about Reconstruction of Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp
News: architects Broadway Malyan have been chosen to masterplan a new 196-hectare residential and commercial district south of Kuala Lumpur. More about Broadway Malyan to masterplan new district for Kuala Lumpur
Dutch firm MVRDV has won a design competition for a new business district in Shanghai, which is already under construction near the city's Hongqiao Airport. More about Central Business District at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport by MVRDV with Aedas
News: Danish firm BIG has been selected to design an 80-hectare shopping and leisure complex with a park on its roof to serve a business district between two Paris airports. More about BIG to design leisure district on Paris outskirts
News: Dutch firm OMA is to masterplan a new urban development south of Bordeaux based around the extension of the local tram system. More about OMA hired for Bordeaux masterplan
Dutch office MVRDV and French architects de Alzua+ have won a competition to re-masterplan the French town of Villeneuve d'Ascq and are proposing a building that cantilevers over a motorway. More about The Beam by MVRDV and de Alzua+
Construction is now underway on a Zaha Hadid-designed cultural complex on the edge of a lake in Changsha, China (+ movie). More about Changsha Meixihu International Culture and Art Centre by Zaha Hadid Architects
News: Rem Koolhaas' studio OMA has been selected to masterplan a business and residential development linking the city of Doha in Qatar with the new Hamad International Airport. More about OMA chosen to masterplan Airport City in Qatar
Manhattan studio SHoP Architects has designed a masterplan of hollow skyscrapers surrounded by gardens for the site of the former Domino Sugar refinery in Brooklyn. More about Domino Sugar by SHoP Architects and James Corner Field Operations
Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled designs for a complex of towers in Bratislava's city centre (+ slideshow). More about Bratislava Culenova New City Centre by Zaha Hadid Architects
Manhattan-based firm SHoP Architects has sent us a movie and more images illustrating its masterplan for Konza Techno City, a new "silicon" city 40 miles from Kenya's capital Nairobi (+ movie). More about Konza Techno City masterplan by SHoP Architects
News: the Kenyan government has commenced work on Konza Technology City, a £9.1 billion IT and business hub dubbed "Africa's Silicon Savannah". More about Kenyan silicon city under construction
News: a team made up of architecture firms OMA, Hassell and Populous has been selected to redevelop Sydney's convention, exhibition and entertainment precinct at Darling Harbour (+ slideshow). More about OMA, Hassell and Populous to redevelop Sydney's Darling Harbour
Zaha Hadid Architects has designed a swirling complex of apartments, offices and leisure facilities on the abandoned site of an old textile factory in Belgrade, Serbia (+ slideshow). More about Beko Masterplan by Zaha Hadid Architects
News: international firm SWA Group has been selected to redesign Futian District in Shenzhen, China - an area that's larger than Manhattan (+ slideshow). More about Winning masterplan will turn central Shenzhen into "Garden City of Tomorrow"
World Architecture Festival 2012: Heart of Doha, a 31-hectare masterplan designed by AECOM for the gateway to Inner Doha has been named Future Project of the Year at the World Architecture Festival in Singapore. More about Future Project of the Year winner announced at World Architecture Festival
Dezeen News: a British and American proposal for a new district built around manmade waterways has been selected as part of a masterplan to double the size of Moscow in the next few decades. More about Moscow set to double in size with new masterplan for city expansion