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Emirati Student Designs a Green-Roofed Mosque Minus a Dome or Minaret

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Istanbul Court Annuls Almost-Finished Roma Project

The district of Sulukule has been home to Istanbul's Roma community since Byzantine times, but many of its residents were displaced to make way...

Emre Arolat’s Underground Sancaklar Mosque in Turkey is Like a Cave

We've featured some of the world's most beautiful mosques on Green Prophet, but this is the first that resembles a cave. Slated for a...

Mayor Launches “Beirut is Amazing” City Greening Plan

The mayor of Lebanon's capital Beirut has launched "Beirut is Amazing," an ambitious plan to finally green up the infamous concrete city. Following dedicated...

Lily Pad Roof to Shade and Power Kuwait’s Sabah Al-Ahmad City Culture Center

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Tent Cities to House Thousands of African Migrants in Israel’s Negev Desert

A young child sits in a Haitian tent city - a temporary housing solution for displaced refugees. Thousands of African migrants will soon be...

ZERO Awards: Egyptian Designers Have a Week to Strut Their Green Stuff

Supported in part by the Egyptian German Private Sector Development Programme (PSDP), the ZERO award 2012 has extended their deadline for Egyptian designers eager...

Maldives Floating Greenstar Hotel Sends the Wrong Message About Climate Change

Waterstudio.NL is world-renowned for its forward-thinking approach to architecture. While so many architects and developers (especially in our region) are still stuck on growing...

Remembering Hassan Fathy – Egypt’s Green Architect Of the People

Who was Hassan Fathy, the earth based architect who inspired the Middle East? Exactly forty years ago, Hassan Fathy published his groundbreaking book on community-inspired...

Israel’s Shumis Pizza Joint Features Row Upon Row of Recycled Tomato Cans

As urban trash threatens to bury city dwellers in environmental and financial ruin, recycling materials is becoming not only a progressive design technique but...

Visionary Masdar CEO Named “Champion of the Earth” by UN

Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, the Masdar CEO, is the recipient of this year's United Nations' Champions of the Earth award. The award honours individuals...

Morocco’s Guelmim Technology School is Red Like the Sahara but Cooler

It's never difficult to pick a Moroccan building out of the crowd and this beautiful new Guelmim Technology School is no exception. Bold and...

AGi Residential Wind Tower Wins Best Architecture Multiple Residence Award

The Kuwaiti-Spanish Architecture firm AGi scooped two coveted awards at the International Property Award held in Burj Al-Arab, Dubai. In addition to being recognized...

Grim Greenhouse Gas Milestone Dims Hope for Less Climate Change

Monitoring stations all over the arctic are reading greenhouse gas concentrations of 400 parts per million - a grim new milestone that dims hope...

Dubai’s ‘Sustainable City’ to Include Horse Transportation

Not to be outdone by Masdar City in Abu Dhabi, Dubai will soon begin construction on its own 'sustainable city,' where green transportation options...

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