City building designs

City building designs and architects

e-architect select new city building designs from around the world. Discover urban architectural images, plus background on master plan architects. Source information about new masterplans for cities around the globe.

The website features a selection of the best new urban building designs around the world, by respected designers.

In addition, we post information and images of significant contemporary city architecture projects on this international website. Our focus is on internationally-significant architectural works.

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Finally, you can find a strong grouping of city architectural posts on our site.

Rethinking urban mobility, city transport systems

November 21, 2024November 21, 2024 by David McManus

Rethinking urban mobility “for living, not working.” James Berry on how changing behaviour, technology and customer expectations will change our transport systems, and cities, for good

Resilient Cities architecture design

November 21, 2024November 5, 2024 by Adrian Welch

Concept sketch depicting desert pavilions by Paolo Testolini

Resilient Cities architecture design. Italian architect Paolo Testolini – based in Dubai – believes there is a surprising synergy between ancient Venice and modern cities in the Middle East that provides valuable lessons in resilience – the most vital survival tool for the modern city.

Kharkiv City rebuilding: Norman Foster Foundation

October 23, 2024October 23, 2024 by Adrian Welch

The Norman Foster Foundation announce winners of the Kharkiv Housing Challenge architecture competition to improve housing and residential neighbourhoods in Ukraine

Innovative Architecture Redefining Modern Cities

November 12, 2024September 28, 2024 by Isabelle Lomholt

Explore cutting-edge architectural designs transforming urban landscapes, making cities more livable, sustainable, and beautiful. Urban transformation — innovative architecture redefining modern cities

Universal buildings for a futureproof city

November 17, 2023November 1, 2023 by David McManus

Universal buildings for a futureproof city. A lot of debates have taken place recently about futureproofing our cities. London has been top of the agenda for this for quite some time

Reduce, re-use, re-imagine: compact neighborhoods

November 17, 2023November 1, 2023 by Adrian Welch

One Big Sky District - Landscape Architecture Planning, USA

Reduce, re-use, re-imagine: how to slow climate change by slowing urban sprawl – the case for compact, vertical, walkable urban neighborhoods. As we’ve ‘stretched out’ it’s come at the cost of the environment and a comfortable future

Daily torture of the disabled & elderly, USA

September 22, 2024September 27, 2021 by Joel Solkoff

“Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing” — US football legend Vince Lombardi. The 1865 building is the most important building in the City of Williamsport, PA, USA – 192 immeasurable miles from New York City

Architects must help with deadly eviction crisis

September 22, 2024August 22, 2021 by Joel Solkoff

Architects must help with deadly eviction crisis in USA which is killing our poor children, writes Joel Solkoff. There is a member of Congress who is doing God’s work when all around her are not

Build a city of 100,000 in rural Central Pennsylvania

September 22, 2024August 9, 2021 by Joel Solkoff

Build a city of 100,000 in rural Central Pennsylvania, USA. Civics as an art has to do, not with imagining an impossible [utopia] where all is well, but with making the most and best of each place

Brasília Cerrado-city by Carlos M Teixeira

November 29, 2022August 1, 2021 by Adrian Welch

Brasília Cerrado-city by architect Carlos M Teixeira: what if Brasília was taken over by the Cerrado that it once destroyed? This article describes an imaginary capital now integrated into this biome in Brazil

Planet Smart City Aquiraz, Brasil

December 11, 2021May 30, 2020 by Adrian Welch

Planet Smart City Aquiraz, Brazil, to be home to 18,000 residents on 200-hectare site: sustainable and socially inclusive communities with easy access to public transport.

New Andean Architecture of Freddy Mamani

March 26, 2024January 1, 2019 by Adrian Welch

New Andean Architecture of Freddy Mamani increase colors in Bolivian city – this famous Bolivian architect imbues colour, personality, and culture into El Alto’s monochrome city with buildings based on ancient craft and architecture.

Best architecturally designed cities in Florida

April 12, 2024February 10, 2018 by Adrian Welch

Best Architecturally Designed Cities in Florida – you may not be aware that Florida is host to some of the most beautiful architecturally designed homes in the country, and you would be pleasantly surprised. The Sunshine State is home to many coastal cities and communities.