The Line height "is a bit stupid" says Peter Cook
British architect Peter Cook, who is working on the controversial The Line mega city in Saudi Arabia, has reportedly questioned whether the project will be realised according to plan. More
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The Line "does not touch the poetry of the desert" says Massimiliano Fuksas
The founders of Italian practice Studio Fuksas have spoken to the Italian press about their designs for The Line mega city in Saudi Arabia, which are on display during the Venice Architecture Biennale. More
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Dezeen Agenda features BIG's masterplan for octagonal port city Oxagon
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features BIG being named as the masterplanner of the floating city of Oxagon, which is part of Saudi Arabia's Neom development. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More
Neom designs presented at exhibition during Venice Architecture Biennale
Large-scale models of The Line and other developments at the controversial Neom project in Saudi Arabia are being presented at the Zero Gravity Urbanism exhibition during the Venice Architecture Biennale. More
Atkins appointed as delivery partner for The Line in Neom
UK architecture and engineering studio Atkins is the latest studio to have been officially announced as working on The Line megacity in Saudi Arabia. More
This week we created an explainer to Saudi mega-project Neom
This week on Dezeen, we compiled an explainer of all the key facts you need to know about the Neom development in Saudi Arabia and its megacity The Line, which is proving to be the most controversial architecture project in recent history. More
Everything you need to know about Saudi mega-project Neom
Neom is arguably the world's largest and most controversial architecture project. Here, we explain the key details of the development in Saudi Arabia, which includes The Line megacity. More
This week the architects of The Line were named
This week on Dezeen, studios including Adjaye Associates, Morphosis, Studio Fuksas and Coop Himmelb(l)au were named as working on The Line megacity in Saudi Arabia. More
Adjaye Associates, Coop Himmelb(l)au and Morphosis named among architects working on The Line
International architecture studios including Adjaye Associates, Morphosis, Studio Fuksas and Coop Himmelb(l)au have been named in a Riyadh exhibition as working on The Line megacity in Saudi Arabia. More
"All those complicit in Neom's design and construction are already destroyers of worlds"
Architects working on the Neom mega-project in Saudi Arabia, including the 170-kilometre city The Line, must decide whether they are content to be complicit in an "ecological and moral atrocity", writes Adam Greenfield. More
"Wait, this wasn't a joke?" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing drone footage that has revealed The Line megacity is under construction in Saudi Arabia. More
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Dezeen Agenda newsletter features footage of the construction of The Line megacity in Saudi Arabia
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features drone footage revealing that The Line megacity is under construction in Saudi Arabia. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now! More
This week drone footage revealed the construction of The Line megacity
This week on Dezeen, drone footage by aerial photography company Ot Sky showed that work has begun on the construction of The Line in Saudi Arabia, which is part of the country's Neom development. More
Drone footage reveals The Line megacity under construction in Saudi Arabia
Footage released by aerial photography company Ot Sky shows work commencing on The Line megacity, which is being built as part of the Neom development in Saudi Arabia. More
Saudi Arabia reportedly sentences three men to death following Neom displacements
Human rights organisation ALQST has reported that three men forcibly evicted from the Neom site in Saudi Arabia have been sentenced to death. More
"Build one of these nightmares in order to see it fail" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are debating architecture studio ZN Era's proposal for a skyscraper called Downtown Circle, which would be built around the Burj Khalifa in downtown Dubai. More
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"Limiting any experimental city model is a mistake" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are debating two stories we published further exploring plans for the 170-kilometre-long Saudi city The Line. More
The Line megacity will "revolutionise our current way of life" says Neom director
The mirrored megacity planned for the Saudi Arabian desert will set a new standard for life in urban areas and be net-zero over its lifetime, argues developer Neom's executive director for urban planning Tarek Qaddumi in this exclusive interview. More
Sustainability and liveability claims of Saudi 170-kilometre city are "naive" say experts
Following the Saudi Arabian government's unveiling of plans for an enormous linear megacity in the desert, urban design experts have expressed skepticism about whether its utopian vision is realistic. More
"Humanity isn't a guinea pig" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a video of The Line, a 500-metre-tall, mirror-clad skyscraper that was designed to house nine million people in Saudi Arabia and other top stories. More