Boosting Baghdad

2011-08-05T00:00:00+01:00

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Architect Broadway Malyan has delivered the concept masterplan for a 17km² extension to Sadr City in Baghdad. The scheme, worth $10bn (£6.12bn), will be built in the area formerly known as being one of the most dangerous in Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein. The district will house over 500,000 inhabitants.

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