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Building: Masdar City
Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Client: Masdar-Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company
Started: 2008
Expected Completion Date: 2025
Area: 6,000,000 m²
Cost: between $18.7 and $19.8 billion
Architect: Foster + Partners
Masterplanning, Sustainability Engineer: Arup
Landscape Architect: Gustafson Porter + Bowman
Environmental Engineer: WSP Group, E.T.A

AE Interests: Masdar City is a carbon-neutral, zero-waste city. It is self-sustaining using solar panels, biofuel, and wind towers. They also provide community pods that remain underground which are necessary for eco-friendly transportation across the city.

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*Original post by Stephen Mathai on September 27, 2009