Architecture

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

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.

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

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...

If you have lost faith in earth architecture, take note: Yemen's Manhattan of the desert, Shibam, boasts 400 habitable clay towers!

How do the Syrian beehive-shaped houses made out of mud manage to stay so cool in extreme desert conditions?

Explore the world's five most renowned and low-key "eco mosques" - Muslim places of worship - that are either high tech or made from mud.

Based on two Middle Eastern concepts, of the clay jara and the mashrabiya, the ecooler is one of the friendliest examples of cooling I've ever seen, and so much more beautiful than the big lump of whirring metal we call the "air-conditioner."

Green Prophet interviews Sarah Kopp about why she built her straw-bale house in Israel.

An ancient vernacular cave home from Iran

Hassan Fathy, an Egyptian architect saw the value of natural building long before it became a fad in the west. Green Prophet has railed against...

This couple has taught the world how to build homes from bales of straw. These strawbale homes are sustainable and low cost.