If you need to create a new city with the population density of Manhattan on a fake island just off the Persian Gulf, Rem Koolhaas has a plan for you. (Photo via Archinect)Flint Expatriates talks a lot about cities in decline, but what about cities on the rise? Archinect has an intriguing piece on designer cities — complete with futuristic photos that are more reality than fantasy — emerging in Waterfront City, Dubai; Kartal, Turkey; Sergovia, Spain; and Orestad, near Copenhagen.
"We are seeing an emergence of a new industry," says Dennis Frenchman, director of the city design and development program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's urban-studies department. "It's not real-estate development; it's not architecture; it's not city planning. All I can do is name it 'the city-building industry.'"
