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Student Proposes Iraq Embassy Design for Oslo a la Zaha but Greener

Tafline Laylin - June 29, 2013

Zaha Hadid's flowing architecture instantly sprung to mind when we came across Zaid Bin Talib's design proposal for an Iraqi embassy in Oslo. Daring, futuristic,...

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#occupygezi In-Situ Architecture Made with Scrap Materials (Photos)

Tafline Laylin - June 28, 2013

Design is an often overlooked aspect of any social protest movement, but the organic nature of its occurrence is of great interest to the...

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Jordan’s US Embassy Sees Power in SOCCKET Balls

Faisal O'Keefe - June 26, 2013

A couple of Harvard students have enlisted the world’s most popular sport as a generator of portable power. SOCCKET ball, the brainchild of Jessica...

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“Dubai’s Skyscrapers are Cheap” and “Anonymous” says Architect Franky Gehry

Tafline Laylin - June 27, 2013

Frank Gehry, considered one of the world's most important architects, said in a recent Foreign Policy interview that its "cheap" skyscrapers makes Dubai look...

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Byblos, the ‘Best Arab Tourist City’ in Lebanon Offers Lessons in Greening too

Tafline Laylin - June 26, 2013

Byblos, the world's oldest continuously inhabited city in Lebanon has been named the Arab world's best tourist city by the United Nations World Tourism...

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Beirut Terraces Make Sustainable Vertical Villages for Lebanon City

Margaret Stoner - June 24, 2013

As part of a larger master plan to rejuvenate the downtown Beirut area, Swiss Architects Herzog & De Meuron have designed "The Terraces," a...

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Burj Khalifa on Google Street View

Tafline Laylin - November 2, 2021

Google's street view has taken us from the streets of Tel Aviv to the Grand Canyon and even under the sea, and now this...

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Solar-Powered Water Drop Building Produces Drinking Water from Dubai Air

Tafline Laylin - June 25, 2013

Orlando De Urrutia has designed what he says is the world's first building to get its water from the air. Called the Water Building...

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IKEA and UN Unveil Prefab Solar-Powered Refugee Shelters

Tafline Laylin - June 21, 2013

The ongoing Syrian conflict has put refugees at their highest number since 1994 - a terrible year for the people of Rwanda and Yugoslavia;...

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Refutrees Scratches Eco and Social Itches with Refugee Projects

Faisal O'Keefe - June 20, 2013

Today is World Refugee Day. Some good news for a change: Refutrees is a new non-profit that's turning the traditional aid-centric model of development...

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Dubai Green Store Dubbed “World’s Most Sustainable Building”

Tafline Laylin - July 2, 2013

Gundeep Singh used to own a yacht and a porsche before he turned over a green leaf to open what is now known as...

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Taksim Redux? Lebanese Protest Over Loss of Beirut’s Ancient Jesuit Garden Park

Faisal O'Keefe - June 19, 2013

In a Middle Eastern city with paltry green space, residents gather to object to new development that will destroy one of their few public...

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Environmental Protests of the Middle East Show Eco Awareness in Arab World

Moshe Terdiman - June 18, 2013

During the last six years, the words energy security, water security, and food security could be found a lot in the Arab media. Since...

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Saudi Arabia Sinks $26 Billion in Green Buildings

Faisal O'Keefe - August 21, 2014

Saudi Arabian investment in 76 new environmentally savvy construction projects is estimated to exceed $26 billion, according to Faisal Al-Fadl, Secretary General of the...

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Jordan’s Grassroots Efforts to Manage Municipal Trash

Faisal O'Keefe - June 17, 2013

The city of Amman in Jordan where I live is experiencing a deteriorating level of municipal services, most notably in garbage collection and public...

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