Cities

Architect Marks Barfield is to design a £13 million "eco" mosque on a 0.4 hectare brownfield site in Cambridge. England's historic city of Cambridge, with...

Social housing can be eco-friendly too, in Syria, Lebanon, and Tunisia Syria says no to plastic bags, Lebanon is pushing for more sustainable transportation,...

Education puts Cairo one step towards getting rid of its nemesis: solid waste. Within a 3 minute walk down Cairo's streets, an environmentalist is bound...

New agriculture projects feed Libya, thanks to the Great Man Made River. The artificial irrigation project, the most expensive in history, is good while...

Who to believe? That Dubai properties hasn't paid or that Hopkins Architects reneged on their agreement? There are different species of architectural firms operating in...

Sun, wind and solar updraft, could this skyscraper be the world's first dual power plant and residential building? It's not easy to shine in Dubai,...

Can a city relying on oil revenue and desalination really be labeled "eco"? (Image by dislona via flickr) At first, we felt a surge of...

After her grandfather's house was demolished, Sheikha Mai committed to preserving Bahrain's venerable places Image by dunsky via flickr Though most of our architectural...

Finally environmental and cultural preservers, not destroyers, receive recognition UNESCO has ordained 890 world heritage sites around the world, one-third of which belong in...

JRES plans to make learning about renewable energy a reality for all citizens Though not everyone in Jordan has an eco-conscience, such as the...

Other areas for business development, partnership and expertise? Processing forest product waste (which comes from the pulp and paper industry) –– in bio-diesel, Finland’s Neste has built the biggest renewable energy plant in Singapore for certified palm oil. And st1, another company, can efficiently create bio-ethanol from the food industry with end products going to farms as feedstock.

A living conservation laboratory (above): a new partnership with Rome will boost Acre's efforts to protect its ancient history, making it more sustainable architecturally...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffl4MMGLLPk&feature=related This light-hearted clip bears a serious warning of what Egypt might look like in 2150. Climate change threatens to drastically reduce Egypt’s agricultural production...

"How Do We Want to Live?" asks England's Former Secretary-General of the Royal Town Planning Institute Robert Upton at an urban planning conference in...

Mr. Oscar Diaz Inspires Israeli Planners to Build For People, Not Cars. We promised to bring more news from the Technion-Israel's Institute of Technology, where...