10 Futuristic Cities Being Built Around The World

Smart Forest City, Mexico

Smart Forest City is a contemporary city-cum botanical garden, which, as well as hosting 130,000 inhabitants, will contain a staggering 7.5 million plants.

Net City, China

Tech giant Tencent is constructing Net City, a 22-million-square-foot urban development. It will be built on reclaimed land and will have a population of 80,000 people.

Amravati, India

The Foster+Partners' masterplan for Amaravati is no longer in the works. The city would be anchored by a government complex, and a large central green space would span the city's centre.

Floating City, The Maldives

The Maldives Floating City is currently being planned to house 20,000 people by 2024.

Busan Oceanix City, South Korea

Built from biorock, a self-sustaining and self-repairing material, this floating city in South Korea's Busan will hopefully serve as a model for other coastal communities.

Liberland Metaverse

Zaha Hadid Architects is collaborating with the micronation of Liberland erand ArchAgenda to build the Liberland Metaverse, a "cyber-urban" city in the metaverse.

Woven City, Japan

It will be one of the world's first smart cities, a fully autonomous community designed to put new technologies like automated driving, robotics, and artificial intelligence to the test in a real-world setting.

Telosa, USA

Telosa, a proposed city conceived by billionaire Marc Lore will be built somewhere in the United States' western desert.

BiodiverCity, Malaysia

BiodiverCity is a planned sustainable city made up of three artificial islands built off the coast of Malaysia's Penang Island. Its lily pad-shaped islands will be home to between 15,000 and 18,000 residents.

The Line, Saudi Arabia

The Line, a 170-kilometer-long linear city, will be built as part of the $500 billion Neom project in Saudi Arabia. The structures will be linked by walkways and a high-speed transport system.

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