Designed with curvy skyscrapers and sleek modern infrastructure, early renderings of Akon City drew comparisons to Marvel's ...

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

Plans for a futuristic city in Senegal dreamt up by the singer Akon have been scrapped and instead he will work on something ...

The Columbia City Lights Initiative aims to bring colorful, programmable lighting to downtown Columbia, fostering unity and pride through a vibrant skyline.

Twenty-year-old Tripp Roche wants to see the city skyline of Columbia, South Carolina, glow with programmable lights that will instill both civic pride and community involvement. This is what he ...

Twenty-year-old Tripp Roche wants to see the city skyline of Columbia, South Carolina, glow with programmable lights that will instill both civic pride and community involvement. This is what he ...

The hope is the skyline could be brighter next year with the full transformation targeted for 2030. Ultimately, Roche said the Columbia City Lights Initiative is about more than aesthetics.

Florence is considered Italy’s most iconically Renaissance city. Susan Wright for The New York Times She may shift her sights to another crane at the Uffizi, which has been there just as long.

The New Jersey Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed a legal challenge that argued Jersey City’s ward map is illegally gerrymandered. Jersey City Councilman Frank Gilmore and a coalition of more than a ...

As the story goes, J.D. McMahon, a contractor from Amarillo, wanted to build a state-of-the-art skyscraper in Downtown Wichita Falls, complete with space for offices, retailers, and apartments. The ...

Akon’s ambitious project is made possible through his partnership with consulting firm KE International, which was awarded the $6 billion contract to build Akon City.