British Architect, Lord Norman Foster, along with Masdar, a UAE energy initiative, unveiled plans for a carbon-neutral city in the desert of Abu Dhabi last week. Foster & Partners architects will design the car-free city which will eventually house 50,000 people.
Masdar’s research institute, which was founded in partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will be located in the 6.5 sq km development and aims to turn the city into an alternative energy cluster for 1,500 businesses.
Sultan al-Jaber, Masdar’s chief executive, said “Masdar City will become the world’s hub for future energy – By taking sustainable development and living to a new level, it will lead the world in understanding how all future cities should be built.”



