Abu Dhabi, UAE – Masdar City has reinforced its position as the UAE’s pioneering sustainable urban community with the award of the prestigious LEED Communities Platinum Certification for its Phase 1 ...

The city would be capable of housing 30,000 residents within four communities – dedicated 2/3 to agriculture, 1/3 to light industry – all of which would be interconnected by a linear canal system.

He shares Masdar City’s groundbreaking green building certifications, such as LEED Platinum, and the role of the UAE’s vision for net-zero emissions by 2050.

For the city’s architects, Foster + Partners, the subsequent designers of the UAE Shanghai Expo Pavilion, Abu Dhabi’s Central Market and the forthcoming Zayed National Museum, Masdar City was more ...

Masdar City stands at the forefront of Abu Dhabi’s transformation, driving the emirate's falcon economy—a vision aimed at achieving a diversified and sustainable future. As Abu Dhabi ...

Masdar Institute inside Masdar City, the first "net-zero carbon, zero-waste" town on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates / Courtesy of Nigel Young and Foster + Partners ...

At the age of 88, Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, is still the Executive Chairman of the London practice that bears his name. Foster + Partners, with its 1,800 employees is surely one of ...

Sir Norman Foster is a megastar. At age 88, his practice, spanning over two dozen cities across the world, continues to produce landmark buildings in Asia, Europe, America and Latin America.

The just-launched Norman Foster Institute (NFI) in Madrid has been designed to both celebrate cities and to help fix them, offering a new one-year MA in Sustainable Cities to architects, planners, ...

It was launched as a $22 billion, state-funded project to create “the world’s most sustainable eco-city,” with designs from the firm of famed British architect Norman Foster. It was expected to cover ...

It was launched as a $22 billion, state-funded project to create “the world’s most sustainable eco-city,” with designs from the firm of famed British architect Norman Foster. It was expected ...