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#newcities Post 20- Waterfall City (South Africa)
Waterfall City has just been awarded the title of “World’s Best Masterplan,” and the article highlights how the development has been growing over the past two decades into one of South Africa’s largest private-
www.goodthingsguy.com/business/sou...
Waterfall City has just been awarded the title of “World’s Best Masterplan,” and the article highlights how the development has been growing over the past two decades into one of South Africa’s largest private-
www.goodthingsguy.com/business/sou...
South Africa’s Waterfall City Wins World’s Best Masterplan
South Africa’s Waterfall City is basking in the international spotlight following the smart city’s win for the
www.goodthingsguy.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:18 AM
#newcities Post 20- Waterfall City (South Africa)
Waterfall City has just been awarded the title of “World’s Best Masterplan,” and the article highlights how the development has been growing over the past two decades into one of South Africa’s largest private-
www.goodthingsguy.com/business/sou...
Waterfall City has just been awarded the title of “World’s Best Masterplan,” and the article highlights how the development has been growing over the past two decades into one of South Africa’s largest private-
www.goodthingsguy.com/business/sou...
#newcities Post19- Amaravati (India)
Amaravati is being positioned as the world’s first fully renewable-powered city, with plans for solar, wind, and hydro supplying all its energy needs. The scale and confidence are big!! it’s described as India’s first-
m.economictimes.com/industry/ren...
Amaravati is being positioned as the world’s first fully renewable-powered city, with plans for solar, wind, and hydro supplying all its energy needs. The scale and confidence are big!! it’s described as India’s first-
m.economictimes.com/industry/ren...
Amaravati to be world's first fully renewable-powered city - The Economic Times
Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh's planned capital, aims to be the world's first city powered entirely by renewable energy, targeting 2,700 MW of green energy. This Rs 65,000-crore project integrates solar, ...
m.economictimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:09 AM
#newcities Post19- Amaravati (India)
Amaravati is being positioned as the world’s first fully renewable-powered city, with plans for solar, wind, and hydro supplying all its energy needs. The scale and confidence are big!! it’s described as India’s first-
m.economictimes.com/industry/ren...
Amaravati is being positioned as the world’s first fully renewable-powered city, with plans for solar, wind, and hydro supplying all its energy needs. The scale and confidence are big!! it’s described as India’s first-
m.economictimes.com/industry/ren...
#newcities Post18- Maldives Floating City (Maldives)
The Maldives Floating City is actually starting to take shape. Modular housing built on a lagoon near Malé, meant to hold around 20,000 people. It’s framed as a climate-adaptation idea for a country at real risk-
www.newsweek.com/maldives-flo...
The Maldives Floating City is actually starting to take shape. Modular housing built on a lagoon near Malé, meant to hold around 20,000 people. It’s framed as a climate-adaptation idea for a country at real risk-
www.newsweek.com/maldives-flo...
Satellite image shows construction of world's first floating city
A floating city, considered the world's first, is starting to take shape in the turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean.
www.newsweek.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:02 AM
#newcities Post18- Maldives Floating City (Maldives)
The Maldives Floating City is actually starting to take shape. Modular housing built on a lagoon near Malé, meant to hold around 20,000 people. It’s framed as a climate-adaptation idea for a country at real risk-
www.newsweek.com/maldives-flo...
The Maldives Floating City is actually starting to take shape. Modular housing built on a lagoon near Malé, meant to hold around 20,000 people. It’s framed as a climate-adaptation idea for a country at real risk-
www.newsweek.com/maldives-flo...
#newcities Post 17-Colombo Port City (Sri Lanka)
Colombo Port City is being built on reclaimed land right off the coast of Sri Lanka. It’s promoted as a new international hub for finance and investment. But the BBC also highlights concerns from who will actually -
www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
Colombo Port City is being built on reclaimed land right off the coast of Sri Lanka. It’s promoted as a new international hub for finance and investment. But the BBC also highlights concerns from who will actually -
www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
Colombo Port City: A new Dubai or a Chinese enclave? - BBC News
China is helping Sri Lanka build a new city to rival global offshore centres. Who will it benefit?
www.bbc.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
#newcities Post 17-Colombo Port City (Sri Lanka)
Colombo Port City is being built on reclaimed land right off the coast of Sri Lanka. It’s promoted as a new international hub for finance and investment. But the BBC also highlights concerns from who will actually -
www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
Colombo Port City is being built on reclaimed land right off the coast of Sri Lanka. It’s promoted as a new international hub for finance and investment. But the BBC also highlights concerns from who will actually -
www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
#newcities Post16- Qiddiya City (Saudi Arabia)
Qiddiya City is being built just outside Riyadh as a huge new urban destination focused on entertainment, sport and culture. What sticks out is how this city is being sold as a “city of play” rather than-
constructionreviewonline.com/5b-qiddiya-c...
Qiddiya City is being built just outside Riyadh as a huge new urban destination focused on entertainment, sport and culture. What sticks out is how this city is being sold as a “city of play” rather than-
constructionreviewonline.com/5b-qiddiya-c...
All You Need to Know About the $5 Billion Qiddiya City
Qiddiya City is one of Saudi Kingdom's largest undertakings alongside Saudi Arabia's NEOM, world's largest construction project.
constructionreviewonline.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
#newcities Post16- Qiddiya City (Saudi Arabia)
Qiddiya City is being built just outside Riyadh as a huge new urban destination focused on entertainment, sport and culture. What sticks out is how this city is being sold as a “city of play” rather than-
constructionreviewonline.com/5b-qiddiya-c...
Qiddiya City is being built just outside Riyadh as a huge new urban destination focused on entertainment, sport and culture. What sticks out is how this city is being sold as a “city of play” rather than-
constructionreviewonline.com/5b-qiddiya-c...
#newcities Post 15- Ras Al Hekma City (Egypt)
Ras Al Hekma City on Egypt’s North Coast is being shaped into a “world-class integrated city” rather than a seasonal resort. The plan includes luxury hotels, year-round residential zones and major investment from the UAE’s-
www.niche.eg/blogs/41-ras...
Ras Al Hekma City on Egypt’s North Coast is being shaped into a “world-class integrated city” rather than a seasonal resort. The plan includes luxury hotels, year-round residential zones and major investment from the UAE’s-
www.niche.eg/blogs/41-ras...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
#newcities Post 15- Ras Al Hekma City (Egypt)
Ras Al Hekma City on Egypt’s North Coast is being shaped into a “world-class integrated city” rather than a seasonal resort. The plan includes luxury hotels, year-round residential zones and major investment from the UAE’s-
www.niche.eg/blogs/41-ras...
Ras Al Hekma City on Egypt’s North Coast is being shaped into a “world-class integrated city” rather than a seasonal resort. The plan includes luxury hotels, year-round residential zones and major investment from the UAE’s-
www.niche.eg/blogs/41-ras...
#newcities Post14- Tatu City(Kenya)
Tatu City, just outside Nairobi, is billed as a “start-up city” for Africa’s urban future. It’s privately owned, with its own water, power& governance rules. The promise: build new infrastructure, jobs, and housing for Kenya’s-
www.africanews.com/amp/2025/01/...
Tatu City, just outside Nairobi, is billed as a “start-up city” for Africa’s urban future. It’s privately owned, with its own water, power& governance rules. The promise: build new infrastructure, jobs, and housing for Kenya’s-
www.africanews.com/amp/2025/01/...
Africanews | Tatu City: Kenya's model for African urbanization
www.africanews.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
#newcities Post14- Tatu City(Kenya)
Tatu City, just outside Nairobi, is billed as a “start-up city” for Africa’s urban future. It’s privately owned, with its own water, power& governance rules. The promise: build new infrastructure, jobs, and housing for Kenya’s-
www.africanews.com/amp/2025/01/...
Tatu City, just outside Nairobi, is billed as a “start-up city” for Africa’s urban future. It’s privately owned, with its own water, power& governance rules. The promise: build new infrastructure, jobs, and housing for Kenya’s-
www.africanews.com/amp/2025/01/...
#newcities Post 13- Dholera Smart City (Gujarat, India)
Dholera is being built across ~920 km² as India’s first greenfield smart city, in the Delhi–Mumbai Industrial Corridor. It promises smart infrastructure, renewable energy and industrial growth. The scale si wild-
dholerasmartcityahmedabad.com
Dholera is being built across ~920 km² as India’s first greenfield smart city, in the Delhi–Mumbai Industrial Corridor. It promises smart infrastructure, renewable energy and industrial growth. The scale si wild-
dholerasmartcityahmedabad.com
Dholera Smart City - India’s First Greenfield Smart City
Dholera Smart City, India’s first greenfield smart city, offers residential plots, apartments, and investment opportunities. Build your dreams—invest today!
dholerasmartcityahmedabad.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
#newcities Post 13- Dholera Smart City (Gujarat, India)
Dholera is being built across ~920 km² as India’s first greenfield smart city, in the Delhi–Mumbai Industrial Corridor. It promises smart infrastructure, renewable energy and industrial growth. The scale si wild-
dholerasmartcityahmedabad.com
Dholera is being built across ~920 km² as India’s first greenfield smart city, in the Delhi–Mumbai Industrial Corridor. It promises smart infrastructure, renewable energy and industrial growth. The scale si wild-
dholerasmartcityahmedabad.com
#newcities Post 12- Oceanix Busan (South Korea)
Oceanix Busan is wild! The world’s first floating city prototype, modular platforms anchored in the sea, meant to house 12,000 but scalable to 100,000. It’s not just about surviving rising seas. It aims to regenerate-
www.tomorrow.city/oceanix-busa...
Oceanix Busan is wild! The world’s first floating city prototype, modular platforms anchored in the sea, meant to house 12,000 but scalable to 100,000. It’s not just about surviving rising seas. It aims to regenerate-
www.tomorrow.city/oceanix-busa...
Oceanix, Busan: The World’s 1st Sustainable Floating City Prototype
Learn about Oceanix, Busan, a leading-edge prototype design for a floating city. Explore how futuristic cities like this provide a space solution.
www.tomorrow.city
October 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
#newcities Post 12- Oceanix Busan (South Korea)
Oceanix Busan is wild! The world’s first floating city prototype, modular platforms anchored in the sea, meant to house 12,000 but scalable to 100,000. It’s not just about surviving rising seas. It aims to regenerate-
www.tomorrow.city/oceanix-busa...
Oceanix Busan is wild! The world’s first floating city prototype, modular platforms anchored in the sea, meant to house 12,000 but scalable to 100,000. It’s not just about surviving rising seas. It aims to regenerate-
www.tomorrow.city/oceanix-busa...
#newcities Post 11- New Clark City (Philippines)
This new city built from scratch with a climate-resilient goal. It’s tucked between mountain ranges, meant to resist flooding, and is supposed to host 1.2 million people. But what’s concerning is the displacement of Ayta-
grist.org/cities/the-p...
This new city built from scratch with a climate-resilient goal. It’s tucked between mountain ranges, meant to resist flooding, and is supposed to host 1.2 million people. But what’s concerning is the displacement of Ayta-
grist.org/cities/the-p...
The promises and challenges of the Philippines' new climate-resilient city
New Clark City is being built from scratch to withstand extreme weather. Will it be a beacon of hope or a greenwashed illusion?
grist.org
October 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
#newcities Post 11- New Clark City (Philippines)
This new city built from scratch with a climate-resilient goal. It’s tucked between mountain ranges, meant to resist flooding, and is supposed to host 1.2 million people. But what’s concerning is the displacement of Ayta-
grist.org/cities/the-p...
This new city built from scratch with a climate-resilient goal. It’s tucked between mountain ranges, meant to resist flooding, and is supposed to host 1.2 million people. But what’s concerning is the displacement of Ayta-
grist.org/cities/the-p...
#newcities Post 10-Bitcoin City (El Salvador)
El Salvador’s Bitcoin City was imagined as a futuristic, tax-free crypto hub powered by geothermal energy. But this article shows a reality that comes with those kind of new cities. To make way for the new Pacific-
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
El Salvador’s Bitcoin City was imagined as a futuristic, tax-free crypto hub powered by geothermal energy. But this article shows a reality that comes with those kind of new cities. To make way for the new Pacific-
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘They turned our home into a cemetery’: the high price of El Salvador’s Bitcoin City dream
Mangroves are being destroyed and residents displaced to make way for an airport to serve president Nayib Bukele’s vision of a tax-free economic hub
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
#newcities Post 10-Bitcoin City (El Salvador)
El Salvador’s Bitcoin City was imagined as a futuristic, tax-free crypto hub powered by geothermal energy. But this article shows a reality that comes with those kind of new cities. To make way for the new Pacific-
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
El Salvador’s Bitcoin City was imagined as a futuristic, tax-free crypto hub powered by geothermal energy. But this article shows a reality that comes with those kind of new cities. To make way for the new Pacific-
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
#newcities Post 9- Bradfield City Centre (Australia)
Bradfield is being billed as Australia’s first new city in 100+ years. It’s 114 hectares next to the new Western Sydney Airport, designed to mix housing, industry, transit, and green tech. What’s interesting-
www.cbre.com.au/insights/art...
Bradfield is being billed as Australia’s first new city in 100+ years. It’s 114 hectares next to the new Western Sydney Airport, designed to mix housing, industry, transit, and green tech. What’s interesting-
www.cbre.com.au/insights/art...
Australia’s first new city in over 100 years: How CBRE Development & Infrastructure helped plan it
It takes a dynamic team and detailed planning to ensure the success of a bold new city. This is how CBRE’s specialists helped deliver the right results on time for Bradfield City Centre.
www.cbre.com.au
October 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
#newcities Post 9- Bradfield City Centre (Australia)
Bradfield is being billed as Australia’s first new city in 100+ years. It’s 114 hectares next to the new Western Sydney Airport, designed to mix housing, industry, transit, and green tech. What’s interesting-
www.cbre.com.au/insights/art...
Bradfield is being billed as Australia’s first new city in 100+ years. It’s 114 hectares next to the new Western Sydney Airport, designed to mix housing, industry, transit, and green tech. What’s interesting-
www.cbre.com.au/insights/art...
#newcities Post 8- Green City Kigali (Rwanda)
Rwanda is launching what it calls Africa’s first green city in Kigali (620 hectares in Kinyinya). The $4–5 billion project plans 30,000 housing units to serve ~150,000 people, and will roll out in phases (the first-
www.mininfra.gov.rw/updates/news...
Rwanda is launching what it calls Africa’s first green city in Kigali (620 hectares in Kinyinya). The $4–5 billion project plans 30,000 housing units to serve ~150,000 people, and will roll out in phases (the first-
www.mininfra.gov.rw/updates/news...
Rwanda to build Africa's First Green City Project
www.mininfra.gov.rw
October 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM
#newcities Post 8- Green City Kigali (Rwanda)
Rwanda is launching what it calls Africa’s first green city in Kigali (620 hectares in Kinyinya). The $4–5 billion project plans 30,000 housing units to serve ~150,000 people, and will roll out in phases (the first-
www.mininfra.gov.rw/updates/news...
Rwanda is launching what it calls Africa’s first green city in Kigali (620 hectares in Kinyinya). The $4–5 billion project plans 30,000 housing units to serve ~150,000 people, and will roll out in phases (the first-
www.mininfra.gov.rw/updates/news...
#newcities Post 7-Konza Smart City (Kenya)
Konza Smart City is Kenya’s big tech dream, which is a planned hub for innovation and sustainability built around steel infrastructure. The idea of a “Silicon Savannah” is exciting, but the progress feels slow. But once-
constructsteel.org/steel-projec...
Konza Smart City is Kenya’s big tech dream, which is a planned hub for innovation and sustainability built around steel infrastructure. The idea of a “Silicon Savannah” is exciting, but the progress feels slow. But once-
constructsteel.org/steel-projec...
Kenya's Konza smart city will be Africa’s most advanced tech hub - constructsteel.org
Urbanisation and sustainability are on the agenda, as governments around the world increasingly take a circular approach to city planning.
constructsteel.org
October 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
#newcities Post 7-Konza Smart City (Kenya)
Konza Smart City is Kenya’s big tech dream, which is a planned hub for innovation and sustainability built around steel infrastructure. The idea of a “Silicon Savannah” is exciting, but the progress feels slow. But once-
constructsteel.org/steel-projec...
Konza Smart City is Kenya’s big tech dream, which is a planned hub for innovation and sustainability built around steel infrastructure. The idea of a “Silicon Savannah” is exciting, but the progress feels slow. But once-
constructsteel.org/steel-projec...
#newcities Post 6- Nusantara City
Coming back to Nusantara 🇮🇩🌿 Beyond the stunning images, questions remain about whether it truly fits into Indonesia’s long-term vision. Under Prabowo, the project survives, but with less political weight. Funding lags behind -
www.eco-business.com/opinion/does...
Coming back to Nusantara 🇮🇩🌿 Beyond the stunning images, questions remain about whether it truly fits into Indonesia’s long-term vision. Under Prabowo, the project survives, but with less political weight. Funding lags behind -
www.eco-business.com/opinion/does...
Does Indonesia’s new capital city, Nusantara, fit into the president’s long-term vision?
Concerns exist over the Prabowo administration's commitment to Nusantara's development, given its other priorities, unmet investment targets, and uncertainties surrounding coordination, transparency, ...
www.eco-business.com
September 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
#newcities Post 6- Nusantara City
Coming back to Nusantara 🇮🇩🌿 Beyond the stunning images, questions remain about whether it truly fits into Indonesia’s long-term vision. Under Prabowo, the project survives, but with less political weight. Funding lags behind -
www.eco-business.com/opinion/does...
Coming back to Nusantara 🇮🇩🌿 Beyond the stunning images, questions remain about whether it truly fits into Indonesia’s long-term vision. Under Prabowo, the project survives, but with less political weight. Funding lags behind -
www.eco-business.com/opinion/does...
#newcities Post 5- Arkadag City
Coming back to Arkadag 👀 what struck me this time is the timing. The city opened in 2023 with billions invested, while much of the country still struggles with poverty. -
www.rferl.org/amp/turkmeni...
Coming back to Arkadag 👀 what struck me this time is the timing. The city opened in 2023 with billions invested, while much of the country still struggles with poverty. -
www.rferl.org/amp/turkmeni...
Impoverished Turkmenistan Opens Arkadag, A Multibillion-Dollar City Named After Its Former President
www.rferl.org
September 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
#newcities Post 5- Arkadag City
Coming back to Arkadag 👀 what struck me this time is the timing. The city opened in 2023 with billions invested, while much of the country still struggles with poverty. -
www.rferl.org/amp/turkmeni...
Coming back to Arkadag 👀 what struck me this time is the timing. The city opened in 2023 with billions invested, while much of the country still struggles with poverty. -
www.rferl.org/amp/turkmeni...
#newcities Post 4- Prospera City
Prospera in Honduras is such a strange case of a “new city.” Built as a fully private enclave, it runs on its own rules, laws, and taxes. The article shows both the ambition (an experimental libertarian city) and the backlash, with-
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
Prospera in Honduras is such a strange case of a “new city.” Built as a fully private enclave, it runs on its own rules, laws, and taxes. The article shows both the ambition (an experimental libertarian city) and the backlash, with-
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
Prospera, the eccentric private libertarian enclave in Honduras
Investors have taken advantage of Honduran law to build a private city with its own rules, a utopia for those advocating the abolition of the state – a project that has proved divisive.
www.lemonde.fr
September 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
#newcities Post 4- Prospera City
Prospera in Honduras is such a strange case of a “new city.” Built as a fully private enclave, it runs on its own rules, laws, and taxes. The article shows both the ambition (an experimental libertarian city) and the backlash, with-
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
Prospera in Honduras is such a strange case of a “new city.” Built as a fully private enclave, it runs on its own rules, laws, and taxes. The article shows both the ambition (an experimental libertarian city) and the backlash, with-
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
#newcities Post3- Atlas City
29-year-old Dryden Brown has raised nearly half a billion to build a new futuristic city, Atlas, a neo-Gilded Age city meant to restore Western civilization (lol?!) on a Space Force base in California. It promises AI, biotech-
www.vanityfair.com/news/praxis-...
29-year-old Dryden Brown has raised nearly half a billion to build a new futuristic city, Atlas, a neo-Gilded Age city meant to restore Western civilization (lol?!) on a Space Force base in California. It promises AI, biotech-
www.vanityfair.com/news/praxis-...
Welcome to Praxis: The High-Tech, High-Testosterone Eden That Will Save the World
Dryden Brown has raised half a billion dollars to build a city where the rich will get richer, discuss ‘The Odyssey,’ and, he thinks, restore Western civilization. Heaven, it turns out, just may be an...
www.vanityfair.com
September 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
#newcities Post3- Atlas City
29-year-old Dryden Brown has raised nearly half a billion to build a new futuristic city, Atlas, a neo-Gilded Age city meant to restore Western civilization (lol?!) on a Space Force base in California. It promises AI, biotech-
www.vanityfair.com/news/praxis-...
29-year-old Dryden Brown has raised nearly half a billion to build a new futuristic city, Atlas, a neo-Gilded Age city meant to restore Western civilization (lol?!) on a Space Force base in California. It promises AI, biotech-
www.vanityfair.com/news/praxis-...
#newcities Post 2- Nusantara City
The photos of Nusantara are incredible!
An entirely new capital city emerging in the forests of Borneo. It’s presented as a green, futuristic city, with the promise of moving the capital away from Jakarta. I wonder if -
www.theatlantic.com/photo/2024/0...
The photos of Nusantara are incredible!
An entirely new capital city emerging in the forests of Borneo. It’s presented as a green, futuristic city, with the promise of moving the capital away from Jakarta. I wonder if -
www.theatlantic.com/photo/2024/0...
Photos: The Building of Nusantara
Images of some of the new buildings and huge construction areas on the island of Borneo
www.theatlantic.com
September 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM
#newcities Post 2- Nusantara City
The photos of Nusantara are incredible!
An entirely new capital city emerging in the forests of Borneo. It’s presented as a green, futuristic city, with the promise of moving the capital away from Jakarta. I wonder if -
www.theatlantic.com/photo/2024/0...
The photos of Nusantara are incredible!
An entirely new capital city emerging in the forests of Borneo. It’s presented as a green, futuristic city, with the promise of moving the capital away from Jakarta. I wonder if -
www.theatlantic.com/photo/2024/0...
#newcities Post 1-Arkadag City (Turkmenistan)
Arkadag City is one of Central Asia’s most ambitious new city projects. It markets itself as a “smart” and eco-friendly urban hub, with electric buses, smart lighting and digital infrastructure.
What’s interesting-
turkmenistan.gov.tm/en/post/9199...
Arkadag City is one of Central Asia’s most ambitious new city projects. It markets itself as a “smart” and eco-friendly urban hub, with electric buses, smart lighting and digital infrastructure.
What’s interesting-
turkmenistan.gov.tm/en/post/9199...
Arkadag – the city of the future
Arkadag, the first «smart» city in the region, was created in one of the most beautiful corners of the country - in the foothills of the Kopetdag Mountains on the initiative of the National Leader of ...
turkmenistan.gov.tm
September 4, 2025 at 10:02 PM
#newcities Post 1-Arkadag City (Turkmenistan)
Arkadag City is one of Central Asia’s most ambitious new city projects. It markets itself as a “smart” and eco-friendly urban hub, with electric buses, smart lighting and digital infrastructure.
What’s interesting-
turkmenistan.gov.tm/en/post/9199...
Arkadag City is one of Central Asia’s most ambitious new city projects. It markets itself as a “smart” and eco-friendly urban hub, with electric buses, smart lighting and digital infrastructure.
What’s interesting-
turkmenistan.gov.tm/en/post/9199...