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Saudi Splurges for Shanghai Expo 2010

Tafline Laylin - June 17, 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...

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More Green Building Talk on TED: Catherine Mohr

Tafline Laylin - April 28, 2010

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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AIA Names Saudi's KAUST In 2010 Top Green Projects

Tafline Laylin - June 17, 2010

The king willed it - so it was built...Michael Arndt questions the 'greenliness' of KAUST, granted the US Green Building Council’s highest LEED certification...

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Holyland and Israel’s Commons, The Government’s Song

Dr. Yosef Gotlieb - June 16, 2010

A real estate scandal in Jerusalem reveals Israel's government's dangerous stance on the privatization of land development, and use of open spaces, Yosef argues. As...

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Tel Aviv Requests Public's Help in Boardwalk Redesign

Jesse Fox - April 22, 2010

A rendering of Tel Aviv's new central promenade: stairs leading down to the beach, a paved lower level, shade-providing structures and new sidewalk...

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San Francisco's Sherith Israel To Become Seismic-Safe

Tafline Laylin - June 16, 2010

Near The Dead Sea fault, can Israel's home synagogues withstand the next big earthquake? The San Francisco Chronicle announced that the Sherith Israel synagogue,...

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Holyland's Unnatural “Monster on the Mountain” Built with Bribes

Tafline Laylin - June 16, 2010

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert denies the charges, but he is suspected of accepting $1million to push through the highly contested Holyland Project which...

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The Eco-House in Aqaba, Jordan

Tafline Laylin - June 19, 2022

Tareq Emtairah built this eco-house to prove that energy efficient buildings aren't always prohibitively expensive. Jordan’s Prince Hassan does not shoulder his environmental concerns alone,...

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Qatar's Green Building Council Rallies Community Leaders

Tafline Laylin - June 17, 2010

Qatar's Green Building Council (QGBC) founder and chairman Eng. Issa M. Al Mohannadi will speak at the "Planet and Profit in Partnership" on April...

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Architect Cameron Sinclair Gives a Damn

Tafline Laylin - April 6, 2010

With a mantra to "design like you give a damn," Sinclair has transformed thousands of lives. Whether to save governments billions of dollars in mutual...

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The Story Behind Jerusalem's Royal Rock

Tafline Laylin - April 3, 2010

The demand for Jerusalem stone comes with a social and environmental cost We have applauded Jerusalem’s living building, and we have drooled over delicious...

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Re-Assessing Masdar City

Tafline Laylin - June 11, 2019

Is Masdar City a beacon for Middle Eastern development? It may take another 10 years to find out. We have been skeptical of Masdar City...

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What's Sustainable about Masdar's Foster+Partners?

Tafline Laylin - March 27, 2010

Foster+Partners, architect firm, claim projects like Masdar City are sustainable. Are they? Meet Foster + Partners: one thousand employees work in their twenty-two offices...

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Dubai's Burj Khalifa Will Tower in Darkness During Earth Hour

Ira Moskowitz - June 16, 2010

Burj towers over Dubai. The environmentally-wasteful building will turn its lights off on Earth Hour. (Image via csmonitor.com) The Green Prophet has questioned the environmental...

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Jean Nouvel’s National Museum of Qatar Design is Unveiled at NYC's Museum of Modern Art

Tafline Laylin - June 17, 2010

"The New York Times reports the unveiling of the French architect's latest Middle Eastern project To some, the desert comprises an intimidating plain of dirty...

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