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A Chinese architecture team has proposed a futuristic star-shaped city of 15,000 that would visit cities around the world and change the stereotypes of Chinatowns.

Architect Robert Adam likens modern architecture to modern democracy, where decisions made on high supposedly represent the will of the people.

With available landspace running low, a 1-million square-meter underground development is being planned in Amsterdam.

Liverpool is currently undergoing a broad revitalization effort, including more than 40 buildings and a brand new city center. This article from Building talks with the man in charge of it all.

Plans are bubbling for a "solar city" in the Arizona desert -- a new town for more than 300,000 people that will be largely powered by solar panels.

The Building website invites readers to send in pictures of construction safety blunders.

This article from Building looks at a new environmentally sustainable suburb near Stockholm and weighs its applicability in England as a model for Prime Minister Gordon Brown's proposed eco-towns.

In the coming age of "superdensity", planners and architects are going to have to rethink the way they plan new developments, according to a recent study.

The British government has proposed lifting planning barriers that hindered the domestic installation and use of energy generating devices such as small wind turbines and solar panels.

A UK report on crime prevention lists key attributes of safe neighborhoods and offers 17 case studies.

Consultant Atkins is looking to hire 400 professional staff such as engineers and architects for its UK businesses in 2004.