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english.www.gov.cn/news/202504/... Xiong’an New Area is growing fast as a planned extension of Beijing, now home to 1.36M residents and 600+ businesses. Government offices, tech firms, and innovation drive growth, creating a model for sustainable, smart living with parks, schools, and green space.
Modernization in motion as China's 'city of the future' takes shape rapidly
At the end of March, a new sports center with a seating capacity of over 40,000 opened in Xiong'an New Area in northern China's Hebei Province, filling a key gap in the region's capacity to host large...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
english.www.gov.cn/news/202504/... Xiong’an New Area is growing fast as a planned extension of Beijing, now home to 1.36M residents and 600+ businesses. Government offices, tech firms, and innovation drive growth, creating a model for sustainable, smart living with parks, schools, and green space.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o... Nusantara, Indonesia’s new capital, faces delays and funding cuts under President Prabowo. With few civil servants moving in and construction slowed, the city risks becoming a ghost town. Only 10k residents live there, far from the 2030 target of 1.2M. #newcities
Indonesia’s new capital, Nusantara, in danger of becoming a ‘ghost city’
State funding for the project has plunged, while construction has slowed and few civil servants have been eager to move away from Jakarta
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November 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o... Nusantara, Indonesia’s new capital, faces delays and funding cuts under President Prabowo. With few civil servants moving in and construction slowed, the city risks becoming a ghost town. Only 10k residents live there, far from the 2030 target of 1.2M. #newcities
www.dezeen.com/2025/02/11/u... Expo City Dubai is getting a second life! Originally a master-planned Expo 2020 site, it’s now being transformed into a livable urban center for 35k residents and 50k visitors yearly, with five districts combining new and existing buildings and green spaces. #newcities
UNStudio to transform Expo City Dubai into new urban centre
UNStudio has unveiled plans for the Expo City Dubai masterplan, a mixed-use development that will serve as "a new centre for the future of Dubai".
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November 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
www.dezeen.com/2025/02/11/u... Expo City Dubai is getting a second life! Originally a master-planned Expo 2020 site, it’s now being transformed into a livable urban center for 35k residents and 50k visitors yearly, with five districts combining new and existing buildings and green spaces. #newcities
www.archdaily.com/1027776/sasa... Salalah, Oman’s second-largest city, is getting a major waterfront makeover. Sasaki’s plan adds housing, public spaces, and climate measures like wetlands & revetments, supporting population growth and tourism under Oman Vision 2040. Construction starts late 2025.
Sasaki Reimagines Oman’s Second-Largest City with a New Waterfront Masterplan
Oman’s Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning has commissioned Sasaki to develop a master plan for redesigning Salalah's waterfront.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
www.archdaily.com/1027776/sasa... Salalah, Oman’s second-largest city, is getting a major waterfront makeover. Sasaki’s plan adds housing, public spaces, and climate measures like wetlands & revetments, supporting population growth and tourism under Oman Vision 2040. Construction starts late 2025.
menamagazine.com/2025/11/03/b... Digital City moves forward as BNET signs a 20-year lease to be an anchor tenant. The $1.5B project plans a smart district with tech, research, commercial, and green spaces, setting the stage for Bahrain’s digital growth. #newcities
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November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
menamagazine.com/2025/11/03/b... Digital City moves forward as BNET signs a 20-year lease to be an anchor tenant. The $1.5B project plans a smart district with tech, research, commercial, and green spaces, setting the stage for Bahrain’s digital growth. #newcities
www.theverge.com/2025/1/6/243... Toyota’s Woven City near Mount Fuji is almost ready for its first residents. A “living lab” for autonomous tech, smart homes, and robotics, it aims to house 2,000. Curious how privacy and car-focused design will play out compared to Google’s failed city project.
Toyota’s futuristic Woven City in Japan is ready for its first residents
Are you a potential Weaver?
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November 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
www.theverge.com/2025/1/6/243... Toyota’s Woven City near Mount Fuji is almost ready for its first residents. A “living lab” for autonomous tech, smart homes, and robotics, it aims to house 2,000. Curious how privacy and car-focused design will play out compared to Google’s failed city project.
www.thenewsdirt.com/post/new-nag... Nagpur is planning a futuristic “New Nagpur” smart city in Hingna, India, with IT parks (tech hubs), high-rises, and $1.6B investment. The project has preliminary approvals, but construction hasn’t started, and final government approval is still needed. #newcities
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November 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
www.thenewsdirt.com/post/new-nag... Nagpur is planning a futuristic “New Nagpur” smart city in Hingna, India, with IT parks (tech hubs), high-rises, and $1.6B investment. The project has preliminary approvals, but construction hasn’t started, and final government approval is still needed. #newcities
www.africanews.com/2022/09/07/z... Zimbabwe is building a futuristic “Cybercity” near Harare with lavish villas, luxury townhouses, high-tech offices, and a 15-story commercial tower. Despite economic challenges, officials hope it will anchor the new capital and boost investment and jobs. #newcities
Zimbabwe: 'Cybercity' project to anchor new capital city | Africanews
I think what we are seeing is a huge infrastructure gap in Zimbabwe and we think that those kinds of investments would actually catapult us in terms of reaching our vision 2030 objectives to be a midd...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
www.africanews.com/2022/09/07/z... Zimbabwe is building a futuristic “Cybercity” near Harare with lavish villas, luxury townhouses, high-tech offices, and a 15-story commercial tower. Despite economic challenges, officials hope it will anchor the new capital and boost investment and jobs. #newcities
www.worldconstructionnetwork.com/features/for... Stefano Boeri Architetti’s Smart Forest City plan near Cancun imagines a green, self-sufficient city with 130,000 residents and 7.5 million plants. Its future is still uncertain, but the design could inspire other sustainable city projects. #newcities
Smart Forest City: Building a Sustainable Future - Green Manifesto
Examining Forest City's Vision for a Sustainable and Circular Urban Society. Smart Forest City: Building a Sustainable Future
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November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
www.worldconstructionnetwork.com/features/for... Stefano Boeri Architetti’s Smart Forest City plan near Cancun imagines a green, self-sufficient city with 130,000 residents and 7.5 million plants. Its future is still uncertain, but the design could inspire other sustainable city projects. #newcities
localnewsmatters.org/2025/10/20/s... California Forever’s massive new city plan cleared a key hurdle as Suisun City officially accepted the application to annex the land. The project will now move into an environmental impact review, water plan, and public meetings before detailed planning begins.
Suisun City accepts California Forever's application for 22,900-acre expansion - Local News Matters
SUISUN CITY FOREVER? A group of Silicon Valley investors behind the real estate company California Forever had their application to become part of Suisun
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November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
localnewsmatters.org/2025/10/20/s... California Forever’s massive new city plan cleared a key hurdle as Suisun City officially accepted the application to annex the land. The project will now move into an environmental impact review, water plan, and public meetings before detailed planning begins.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024... A group tied to far-right organizations is building a “Christian nationalist haven” in rural Kentucky. They’re selling land to like-minded buyers and calling it a safe space from the rest of America. It sounds more like a political experiment than a neighborhood.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024... A group tied to far-right organizations is building a “Christian nationalist haven” in rural Kentucky. They’re selling land to like-minded buyers and calling it a safe space from the rest of America. It sounds more like a political experiment than a neighborhood.
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Dholera Special Investment Region in Gujarat is transforming into a global high-tech city hub, led by Tata Electronics’ 91,000 crore semiconductor (microchip) fabrication plant, smart townships, and a plan to house 2 million people by 2047.
Dholera Special Investment Region in Gujarat is transforming into a global high-tech city hub, led by Tata Electronics’ 91,000 crore semiconductor (microchip) fabrication plant, smart townships, and a plan to house 2 million people by 2047.
Semiconductor ecosystem is transforming Gujarat's Dholera as a developed township
Gujarat's Dholera is transforming into a major hub for semiconductor manufacturing and smart urban planning, with significant investments and developments underway.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Dholera Special Investment Region in Gujarat is transforming into a global high-tech city hub, led by Tata Electronics’ 91,000 crore semiconductor (microchip) fabrication plant, smart townships, and a plan to house 2 million people by 2047.
Dholera Special Investment Region in Gujarat is transforming into a global high-tech city hub, led by Tata Electronics’ 91,000 crore semiconductor (microchip) fabrication plant, smart townships, and a plan to house 2 million people by 2047.
www.dezeen.com/2020/08/21/b... BIG’s BiodiverCity is a masterplan for three lilypad-shaped islands off Penang’s coast. The car-free development will use bamboo, timber, and green concrete, with 25 km of waterfront and 242 hectares of parks. It aims to create a city where people and nature coexist.
BIG reveals masterplan for "urban lilypads" off coast of Penang Island
BiodiverCity is a masterplan by BIG that will see three islands with an autonomous transport network built off the shore of Penang Island, Malaysia.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:23 AM
www.dezeen.com/2020/08/21/b... BIG’s BiodiverCity is a masterplan for three lilypad-shaped islands off Penang’s coast. The car-free development will use bamboo, timber, and green concrete, with 25 km of waterfront and 242 hectares of parks. It aims to create a city where people and nature coexist.
www.theafricareport.com/301554/mixed... Kilamba Kiaxi was meant to be Angola’s model “new city,” bringing modern housing to Luanda’s edge. Over a decade later, it’s mostly occupied but far from its inclusive vision. Built through Chinese loans and labor, it shows how rapid growth can widen divides.
Mixed reviews for Kilamba Kiaxi, Angola’s giant city of the future
A flagship project of Angola’s former president José Eduardo dos Santos era, the ‘new city’, located on the outskirts of the capital Luanda, has not lived up to all its promises. However, projects of ...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
www.theafricareport.com/301554/mixed... Kilamba Kiaxi was meant to be Angola’s model “new city,” bringing modern housing to Luanda’s edge. Over a decade later, it’s mostly occupied but far from its inclusive vision. Built through Chinese loans and labor, it shows how rapid growth can widen divides.
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A privately owned startup city outside Nairobi, Tatu City, welcomed residents in 2021 and now has 15,000 people. Strict rules on speeding and litter keep it spotless, which many find appealing, though most can’t afford it.
A privately owned startup city outside Nairobi, Tatu City, welcomed residents in 2021 and now has 15,000 people. Strict rules on speeding and litter keep it spotless, which many find appealing, though most can’t afford it.
A startup city in Kenya tries to tackle Africa's problem of urbanizing while poor
Tatu City outside Kenya's capital is a startup city, privately owned and with aspirations of eventually having a population of 250,000.
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November 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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A privately owned startup city outside Nairobi, Tatu City, welcomed residents in 2021 and now has 15,000 people. Strict rules on speeding and litter keep it spotless, which many find appealing, though most can’t afford it.
A privately owned startup city outside Nairobi, Tatu City, welcomed residents in 2021 and now has 15,000 people. Strict rules on speeding and litter keep it spotless, which many find appealing, though most can’t afford it.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m... Many of us have heard of The Line, a 2 trillion dollar futuristic city project (or another spending spree of the crown prince), but the latest update is that the current vision is now being scaled back to a much smaller version of the original plan.
End of The Line? Saudi scales back plan for 100-mile-long megacity in the desert
The Line was unveiled as part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s Vision 2030 plan in 2016 – it is now being massively scaled back
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November 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m... Many of us have heard of The Line, a 2 trillion dollar futuristic city project (or another spending spree of the crown prince), but the latest update is that the current vision is now being scaled back to a much smaller version of the original plan.
citiesabc.com/bill-gates-s... #newcities Belmont, a proposed new smart city in Arizona by Bill Gates, claims it will have technology like self-driving cars, renewable energy systems, data grids, and more. Its location, chosen for its proximity to Phoenix-
Exploring Bill Gates' Vision for the Future: The Smart City Revolution in Arizona
Bill Gates is known for his groundbreaking ideas, and his latest project takes innovation to a whole new level. Imagine building an entire city from scratch, designed to run on the smartest technologi...
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November 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
citiesabc.com/bill-gates-s... #newcities Belmont, a proposed new smart city in Arizona by Bill Gates, claims it will have technology like self-driving cars, renewable energy systems, data grids, and more. Its location, chosen for its proximity to Phoenix-
www.nytimes.com/2024/08/28/m... On the island of Roatán, a group of investors built Próspera, a start-up city with its own laws, taxes, and Bitcoin cafés. It’s meant to be freedom from government, but a lot of locals see it as a threat, not a fresh start. #newcities
The For-Profit City That Might Come Crashing Down (Published 2024)
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November 8, 2025 at 3:46 AM
www.nytimes.com/2024/08/28/m... On the island of Roatán, a group of investors built Próspera, a start-up city with its own laws, taxes, and Bitcoin cafés. It’s meant to be freedom from government, but a lot of locals see it as a threat, not a fresh start. #newcities
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Egypt is building a $58B desert city with Africa’s tallest tower and all the smart tech you can imagine. Officials say it’ll fix Cairo’s chaos, but with just 1,500 families in so far (2024), it feels more like a flashy project than a real solution. #newcities
Egypt is building a $58B desert city with Africa’s tallest tower and all the smart tech you can imagine. Officials say it’ll fix Cairo’s chaos, but with just 1,500 families in so far (2024), it feels more like a flashy project than a real solution. #newcities
A new city is rising in Egypt. But is it what the country needs? | CNN
Thirty miles from Cairo, a new city is being developed, home to Africa’s tallest tower and the Middle East’s biggest cathedral. Critics question whether the money would be better spent elsewhere.
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September 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Egypt is building a $58B desert city with Africa’s tallest tower and all the smart tech you can imagine. Officials say it’ll fix Cairo’s chaos, but with just 1,500 families in so far (2024), it feels more like a flashy project than a real solution. #newcities
Egypt is building a $58B desert city with Africa’s tallest tower and all the smart tech you can imagine. Officials say it’ll fix Cairo’s chaos, but with just 1,500 families in so far (2024), it feels more like a flashy project than a real solution. #newcities
Bhutan is building the $100B Gelephu Mindfulness City three times the size of Singapore and aiming to be the world’s first carbon-negative city. Framed around “mindful capitalism”, the project blends ecological harmony, spirituality, and global investment. #newcities time.com/7204652/gele...
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September 16, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Bhutan is building the $100B Gelephu Mindfulness City three times the size of Singapore and aiming to be the world’s first carbon-negative city. Framed around “mindful capitalism”, the project blends ecological harmony, spirituality, and global investment. #newcities time.com/7204652/gele...