The finishing touches are being put to the world’s newest, fastest and longest Formula 1 street circuit (as the magazine went to press), which has reached its last lap of construction in record time in the Saudi city of Jeddah, in what has been a race against the clock.

A new transport-orientated urban development is set to take shape adjacent to King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Chapman Taylor, a multi-award winning practice of global architects and masterplanners, has created the 1.