Dongtan is the name of the future city, and will be located near Shanghai, China. It was designed primarily considering the health of it’s future habitants, and no one living there will be more than three minutes away from a park. It will also contain wildlife corridors, bringing the nature into the city.

ARUP, in collaboration with Shanghai Industrial Investment Corporation are managing the project and they estimate it to be ready until the Expo 2010 held in Shanghai.

The new city will be able to accommodate 50,000 people and by 2040 it is expected to have a capacity of over 500,000, which would be one-third the size of Manhattan.

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Dubai never stops to amaze the entire world as they are planning another architectural masterpiece. We are talking about a city built on an island off the coast. The artificial island is going to be a perfect square and it represents the latest idea to fight against the massive urbanization that stroke Dubai.

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