The Line in Saudi Arabia invites you to live like a Borg
A cross between a sci-fi post-apocalyptic city and a Moshe Safdie rendition of Expo 67, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman shows off The Line.
Architecture
Hemp solar house highlights vernacular building potential in Morocco
The Sunimplant team developed a concept for the preservation of the environment and cultural heritage in the rural region of the High Rif in north of Morocco.
Qanat, an eco-hotel in Iran’s desert, makes ancient tech new
When you go deep into a desert, whether it's Iran or Sinai, it has a similar effect of being in a forest. The stark nature of the planet holds you. Deserts may offer less distractions in your peripheral vision but the clouds and sand come to life as you feel yourself expanding within the expanse.
Lagoon Valley for living intentionally with nature and purpose in the Bay
So what are the options for Bay dwellers? A new planned community called Lagoon Valley is being built between the Bay Area and Sacramento, and the project developers believe they are doing their part for planet earth.
Victoria Gerrard La Crosse WI Shares How to Make Your Home More Sustainable: Easy Tips for Eco-Friendly Living
There are many reasons why sustainable living is essential. For one, our planet is finite – we only have a certain amount of resources available, and we need to be mindful of how we use them.
Super Adobe in Jericho
Want to make a low cost home from natural, local materials that last? Try a Super Adobe invented by Nader Khalili.
DIY: building a garden room in your backyard
A small wooden structure in the garden is not just a part of landscape design, but a functional room that can be used for different purposes. Garden rooms will become a place for rest and relaxation, spending leisure time with family and friends, spending the night for guests and many other purposes. What does the […]
Building Back Better Practices with Industrial Decarbonization Strategies
Green buildings refer to a structure that is resource-efficient and environmentally responsible throughout a building’s life-cycle, right from planning to designing, construction, operation, maintenance and so on.
Winter floods out Syria’s displaced
Taking cues from the tiny home movement, we are sure colleges and design schools around the world, along with architects, can start planning some better solutions for temporary shelter for the world's displaced – millions from the civil war with Syria, and millions more who end up in countries like Greece from Africa, seeking refuge or maybe just a better life.
The Emirates plan to live on Mars
The UAE are looking far into the future and making to colonize Mars.
Superadobe Homes Built Of Sandbags Rise Around The Planet
The SuperAdobe technique for sustainable building with the most basic materials is in use around the world.
The Hidden Dangers Of Having Water Leaks
Thanks to Covid many of us have fled the rent of cities and have bought homes in Vermont or somewhere in the country. This is a must especially if you have kids. Sooner or later, you will end up having to deal with a water leak in your home. It happens to us all, from […]
Human’s built mass equals planet’s biomass
We have created a concrete jungle, heavier than all the world's real, living jungles.
This ancient Arab irrigation system invented before Rome’s aqueduct
An ancient water management system engineered 3000 years ago is still keeping farms and oases green in the UAE and Oman.
Dubai’s Sustainability Pavilion for Expo 2021 revealed in real
Dubai will host the World Expo 2020 in 2021. We show off first look of the Sustainability Pavilion.
5 Ways to Improve the Environment in Your Own Home
The environment of your home is essential. It appeals to almost all of our senses and it can help alleviate all of our stressors too. Covid-19 has made every single one of us acutely aware to how important the home is to our everyday well-being and sanity.
Why Dubai’s man-made islands are still empty
Dubai overspent and the real estate market crashed. A series of man-made mega projects are in danger of collapse and are now pretty much abandoned. Environmental concerns, stagnant ponds, and migrant worker rights. White gold Mercedes cars as a the talk of the town. Dubai has some problems. The visions envisioned by the architects went […]
If there is lead in Parisian honey, imagine what’s polluting Beirut?
Years after the Notre Dame fire in Paris Parisians are still feeling the health effects whether they know it or not. According to a recent study reported in the Smithsonian local urban honeybees in Paris were collecting pollen with unhealthy amounts of lead in it. Imagine then how those suffering from the explosion in Beirut might deal with the immediate catastrophe.
Maraya the biggest mirrored building in the world
Maraya contains a total of 9740 square metres of mirrors reflecting the vast and stunning desert surroundings of AlUla. The building set a Guinness World Record for being the largest mirrored building in the world in 2019 with its 26-metre-high theatre.
Why Businesses Should Go Green With Their Architectural Plans
Moshe Safdie, Metalocus in China
Moshe Safdie’s skywalk garden puts nature in China’s sky (VIDEO)
Moshe Safdie does it again: a stunning urban jungle and green tube high in the sky of a Chinese city.
Saudi activist killed trying to stop mega city Neom
Abdul-Rahim al-Howeiti, tribal activists allegedly shot dead by Saudi police for refusing to leave his home
Neom is Saudi’s mega-green Gotham city
A rendering of Neom, an intentional futuristic city breaking ground on the Red Sea of Saudi Arabia. Where robots outnumber people. A $500 Billion desert dream, funded by oil money.
Stedsans A Frame cabin to isolate now, possibly forever?
It's time to isolate, gear our lives down a bit. We found the most wonderful cabin to build, and Stedsans in the Woods shared the plans with us.
Abu Dhabi’s best green projects
The Tenth Session of World Urban Forum, the world’s most important conference on cities convened biannually by UN Habitat has just concluded. For the first time, it took place in an Arab country, the United Arab Emirates, and the host, Abu Dhabi, had much to contribute to the conversation. Throughout the week-long event, representatives of […]