Satellite Image Shows Construction of World’s First Floating City – Newsweek
![Architectural rendering of the Maldives Floating City that is being developed in a lagoon 15 minutes boat ride from Male’. Designed by Dutch firm, Waterstudio, the floating city will comprise of 5,000 housing units, tethered to the lagoon floor (credit: Press Release, June 25, 2022 via MaldivesFloatingCity.com).](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Maldivesfloatingcity-Main-Render-2021-798x610.jpeg)
A floating city, considered the world’s first, is starting to take shape in the turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean…Satellite imagery provided exclusively to Newsweek by Maxar Technologies shows the state of construction of the Maldives Floating City, a development of modular floating platforms that is scheduled to be completed in 2027….