Architecture

Dubai’s Museum of the Future is short on sustainability

Construction has begun in Dubai on the $136-million Museum of the Future. Tucked between skyscrapers in Dubai's financial district, just a seven-minute drive from...

Stay in one of these underground caves or hotels

We were quite taken with these long-standing caves in Iran, and with this eco-boutique hotel in Turkey, but neither match the style of the restored Yunak Evleri hotel in Cappadocia. With fixings such as marble in the reception area, it isn’t the most modest tourism facility we have featured, but we do love to see history, nature, and travel merge in creative harmony.

Superadobe earthen dome homes for Palestinians

Working with NASA as part of an initiative to design homes fit for space, Iranian architect Nader Khalili conceived the dome home as an affordable, accessible, easy to build, and environmentally sensible housing solution. Now it's being applied in the West Bank. 

Shipping container “cargotecture” not all it’s stacked up to be!

The average container produces about 1,000 pounds of hazardous waste before it can be re-used as a structure. Bundle all this with the fuel-guzzling heavy machinery needed to move the container from port to final position, and this green habitat looks more like a white elephant.

FIFA official publicly rules out a Qatar summer World Cup

Three years ago, Qatar won the right to be the first Middle Eastern country to host a World Cup in 2022; after much speculation,...

Zaha Hadid’s 2020 Olympic Stadium Thwarted by Japanese Peers

A consortium of Japanese architects got together to protest Zaha Hadid's winning design for the main stadium of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and despite all...

Iran Ice Houses Showcase Sustainable Refrigeration of the Ancients

Refrigeration is perhaps one of the greatest inventions of modern man, but it has come at a price. Not only do they require a...

Artistic Gourounsi architecture in Burkina (Photos)

In the south of Burkina Faso, west Africa, near the border with Ghana lies a circular village called Tiébélé. Home of the Kassena people, one of the oldest ethnic groups that settled in Burkina in the 15th century. Tiébélé is known for its creative Gourounsi architecture and elaborately decorated walls.

Foster + Partners Solar-Powered Brain Center is a First for Israel (PHOTOS)

Foster + Partners, the same UK architectural firm that created the zero-carbon city Masdar, is about to break ground on their first project in Israel - a solar-powered center for brain studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Hydropolis Aims to Restore the Nile Valley’s Natural Agricultural Rhythm

Just about everyone learned in their early geography classes that the Nile Valley was once a fertile haven. Crops proliferated on the green banks...

Gaza’s 5-Star Al Deira Hotel built with adobe bricks

Gaza's five star hotel, especially one that is made with adobe brick. Designed by the Palestinian architect Rashid Abdelhamid, who was born and trained in Algeria, the 22 room Aldeira Hotel features domed ceilings and arches and a resplendent earth-toned facade. The hotel is regularly used by foreign journalists covering Gaza.

Roll-up ‘Shade and Shelter’ Cardboard Protects Desert Dwellers

Israeli designer Ohad Lustgarten designed Shade and Shelter as part of his final project at Shenkar College of Design, the same center that spawned...

Curvy Desert Home Designed by Iranian Students Mimics the Snail

Biomimicry is slowly gaining momentum in the Middle East. Two Egyptian women have designed eco-tours that encourage students to look to the camel and scorpions and other desert animals for solutions to modern issues.

Prefab LoftCube in Lebanon

This lovely prefabricated LoftCube home is perched on a pretty piece of land just north of Beirut in Lebanon

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque and Augmented Reality

Is augmented reality projections the new fireworks of the Middle East? We hope so To celebrate a wedding it is common for Middle East men...

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