A series of low-carbon urban quarters are set to be built as part of Reinventing Cities, a global competition that aims to help cities eliminate carbon emissions.
Construction will start on competition-winning projects in cities including Milan, Paris, Reykjavik, Oslo, San Francisco and Montreal.
Top: the Kadans Science Partner building by Rubio Arquitectura is one of the competition-winning projects. Above: Barreca & La Varra has designed a scheme in Milan as part of the competition "They're starting their implementation," said Hélène Chartier, head of zero-carbon development at C40 Cities, "a network of the world's megacities committed to addressing climate change".
The global organisation, which now has 97 member cities that together represent a quarter of the global economy, is managing the competition.
"We have got the building permits and they are starting," said Chartier.
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