Working on a $100bn metropolis built on a series of artificial islands?

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Forget Palm Island, it's so last decade. The latest artificial island for Premiership football players to grab a pied-a-terre on is Khazar Islands, underway in the Caspian Sea near Baku in Azerbaijan. The world's land mass is set to grow by an extra 2,000ha once the project is completed in 2020. Funded by local investment firm Avesta Group, Khazar Islands will feature 40 islands connected by 66 suspension bridges, a 1 km-high tower, more than 150 schools, numerous hospitals, and clusters of parks, shops, and cultural centres. It's projected to house more than a million people and the first residents will be able to move in as soon as next year. Let's hope global warming doesn't have other plans.