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Oxygen Villa is One Giant Prefabricated Mashrabiya Home

Tafline Laylin - September 26, 2012

Egyptian studio House designed a beautiful prefabricated Mashrabiya home called Oxygen Villa. Comprised of modular boxes with both vertical and horizontal screens, this solar-powered...

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How Arab World Buildings Use Energy (Infographic)

Tafline Laylin - September 25, 2012

Tunisian buildings are the most energy intense in the Arab world. Carboun has released a powerful infographic which details how energy is consumed in the...

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Istanbul Deemed the ‘New London’ for Middle Eastern Investors

Leigh Cuen - September 24, 2012

Turkey is reforming its property laws according to Reuters. Among other changes, new laws will double the amount of land foreigners are allowed to...

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Solar Decathlon, Madrid

Tafline Laylin - June 7, 2022

Green Prophet has been touring the 18 Solar Decathlon homes that made it to Madrid for this year's international collegiate architecture competition, and we're...

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Festival in Cairo Promotes Recycling and Public Literacy

Leigh Cuen - November 28, 2013

In the beginning of September, Darb 1718, an art and culture organization in Cairo, hosted a festival to promote recycling in Egypt. It featured...

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Luxury Underwater Discus Hotel Close to Anchoring in the Gulf

Tafline Laylin - September 14, 2012

The Water Disqus Hotel (WDH) lauded on blogs galore a few months ago is one step closer to reality, and the project's new investment...

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Libya’s Oldest Mud City is Critically Endangered

Tafline Laylin - September 14, 2012

Ghadamès is one of the oldest habitable medinas in the Sahara, and it is made almost entirely out of mud. Built in the seventh century...

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Will Building Catastophes Make Smarter Occupants?

Faisal O'Keefe - September 13, 2012

Laurie escaped from the Trade Towers 11 years ago and as a building expert looks critically at standards in the Middle East. Building codes ensure...

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The Dihzahyners Paint Up Beirut and it Looks Awesome!

Tafline Laylin - September 12, 2012

We used to think of Beirut as a brown, concrete city lacking color and green space, but the Dihzahyners are challenging such dreary labels...

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Post-Oil Stagnation in Kuwait at the Venice Biennale

Tafline Laylin - September 12, 2012

Kuwait is making its debut at the 13th Venice Biennale this year, and they're doing so with some serious style. The pavilion features a...

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Revolving Crystal Ball Predicts Qatar’s World Cup Ambitions

Tafline Laylin - September 8, 2012

A giant revolving crystal ball provides a glimpse of Qatar's 2022 world cup ambitions, which aren't looking so sustainable after all. Apriori Communications commissioned Vedran...

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Islamic Cemetery in Austria Reinforces Natural Connection to the End

Tafline Laylin - November 5, 2020

In its purest form, Islam (like most religious and spiritual ideological systems), calls for humanity to retain their connection to the earth. That we are custodians of the planet is an idea that is expressed in numerous Quranic tenets.

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Cement Returns to Its Sustainable Roots

Faisal O'Keefe - September 6, 2012

Chemists bring one of the oldest materials in building history back to its green roots. Cement is one of the oldest building materials cooked up...

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3,000 Year-Old Public Water Works Unearthed in Jerusalem

Green Prophet - September 6, 2012

Jerusalem’s water consumption during the First Temple period was not solely based on the output of a natural spring, but relied on public reservoirs....

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It Took 15 Years to Build This and That’s a Good Thing

Tafline Laylin - September 5, 2012

Remember the good old days when it took decades to build major monuments? Historians estimate that 30 years passed before the back-breaking pyramids of...

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