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Emirates Green Building Council: You Don’t Have to Be Rich to Build Green

Does The First Arabian Construction Week Signal a Greener Middle Eastern Building Policy? We have brought disturbing news from Dubai this week: a smuggled...

Qatar Seeks to Solar Power the 2022 World Cup

Qatar Wants World Cup Action, but the Environmental Price May be Too High. This relatively obscure Middle Eastern country, slightly smaller than Connecticut, is putting...

Durrat Al Bahrain Artificial Islands – "A Place Like No Other"

Too many artificial islands imperil endangered species, coral reefs, and humans too? If Bahrain’s endangered dugong and turtle populations had a voice, surely they would...

Jordan’s Sustainable Building Conference

The third "Think Green" conference, held in Amman this week, encourages green buildings and sustainable communities. We heard about Jordanian Queen Rania's activities earlier...

Zaha Hadid: One of TIME Magazine's Top 100 Most Influential People

Will Iraqi Architect Hadid Use Her Star Power to Demand More Environmental and Social Responsibility? Much of the news coming from Iraq is fraught...

Calling all Young Architects and Grad Students to Join ECOWEEK 2010

Young Israeli and Palestinian Architects Are Invited to Join World Renowned Architects for a Week of Green Building  Lectures,  Site Visits, and Workshops. With...

Join The Wide World of WED on June 5th

For This Year's World Environment Day, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Asks the World's Citizens to Mobilize for Climate Action. In the...

Geotectura's Visual Feast, Out of the Box

"The Sufi Order International (SOI) community desired to build an interspiritual temple called the 'Universel' at the Abode of the Message located in the...

The Best of Buckminster Fuller 2010 Finalists

Image credit: © 2009 Farshid Assassi, Courtesy of BNIM Architects. The International Living Building Institute Offers an Earthier, more Holistic Building Standard.  The Omega...

Tel Aviv’s Annual Architectural Weekend Celebrates Urban Green Spaces

Tel Aviv highlights green buildings, spaces, construction techniques, and gardens during its annual "Houses from Within" weekend. One spring weekend every year, for the...

Rawabi, the First Planned Palestinian City

Tractors carving up the face of a hill in preparation for the new town. (Photo credit: Green Prophet) About a half hour’s drive north of...

The Wind Catchers of Yazd, Iran

Green Prophet looks to ancient Iran for some current alternative ideas to electricity-powered air con. Catch the wind with the bagdir wind tower! The concept...

Saudi Splurges for Shanghai Expo 2010

Despite its claim to promote sustainable urban development practices, the world’s largest, disposable Expo invites irony and criticism. The first ever world fair took place...

More Green Building Talk on TED: Catherine Mohr

By taking into account embodied energy, Catherine and her husband half the energy required to build their home. In her recent Ted talk, Catherine Mohr...

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