Are artificial islands the answer to Hong Kong’s housing crisis?
Will a $60bn development to house 1.1 million people help to ease the world’s most unaffordable property market or is it simply ‘pouring money into the sea’?
Artificial Islands
Not the end of The World: the return of Dubai’s ultimate folly
Underwater bedrooms, ‘Lohan Island’ and snow all year round – a decade after it was scuppered by the financial crash, the fantasy archipelago of 300 artificial ‘countries’ is back in business. Has anybody learned anything?
Artificial Ocean Reef Islands in Panama are home to stunning penthouses and impressive marina
A private residential community is raised from the seas in Panama – the Dubai of the Central America. The man-made islands off the coast of Panama are named Ocean Reef Islands and are conceived by real estate developer Grupo Los Pueblos. An ambitious development such as Ocean Reef Islands demanded world class exceptional planning and … Read more
Oil-rich Azerbaijan to build world’s tallest building
Azerbaijan to build world’s tallest building on Artificial Khazar Islands Oil-rich Azerbaijan plans to construct the world’s tallest building on a chain of artificial islands in the Caspian Sea. The plans for the Azerbaijan Tower complex include a business center soaring to 1050 meters, which would be 27 percent taller than the current champion, the … Read more