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Egypt is building a new capital city from scratch

September 27, 2018 by Gregg Cocking Leave a Comment

Egypt is building a new capital city from scratch

Egypt is the latest country to build a new capital city from scratch, with ambitions to move parliament away from Cairo as early as summer 2019. With nearly 24m people living in Greater Metropolitan Cairo, the current Egyptian capital suffers from severe congestion and overcrowding – problems which the government claims the new capital will resolve. Egypt joins more than 30 … [Read more...]

3D printed insulation panels to help African cities tackle climate change named as finalist in global future cities competition

August 21, 2018 by Gregg Cocking Leave a Comment

3D printed insulation panels to help African cities tackle climate change named as finalist in global future cities competition

Idea one of 12 in with a chance to win £50 000 An idea to retrofit existing buildings in African cities with 3D printed porous insulation panels to improve liveability and reduce energy consumption for cooling and ventilation has been named African winner of the Cities for our Future competition run by RICS (the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors).  It now goes on the … [Read more...]

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