Akon announced a cryptocurrency called Akoin and plans for a $6 billion Wakanda-style metropolis in his native country Senegal. Now, seven years later, Senegal has confirmed that the city will not be ...

Akon's grand dream of Akon City, a cutting-edge metropolis inspired by Wakanda, has met an untimely demise as the Senegalese ...

Plans for "Akon City," a futuristic metropolis modeled to be a "real-life Wakanda," made waves when the public first learned ...

Singer Akon’ s plans for a $6 billion city in Senegal have been abandoned in favour of something more ‘realistic’. Dubbed ...

Plans for a $6 billion futuristic city in Senegal, envisioned by U.S.-born singer Akon and inspired by the fictional Wakanda ...

The Senegalese government has confirmed that instead of the ambitious plan, it had been scrapped to make way for something ...

A project by Icelandic firm s.ap arkitektar envisions the year 2150, when buildings and cities made from lava could be a ...

In 2020, Billund became the first Danish city to join what is now a roster of almost a thousand cities in 50 countries as a UNICEF Child Friendly City. The designation celebrates communities that ...

Discover how dry construction can revolutionize building in subtropical Asia with sustainability, efficiency, and ...

Front. Built Environ. Sec. Sustainable Design and Construction Volume 11 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fbuil.2025.1561982 This article is part of the Research Topic Adaptive Reuse of Cultural Heritage: ...

For Black Music Month 2025, the Atlanta trap pioneer looks back on the 2005 album that changed hip-hop and saved his life.

Championship cities aren’t born—they’re built. With the right champions in office, Birmingham can still rise. But it starts ...