Design

Plastic for kibble – vending machines for stray animals in Istanbul

Tafline Laylin - July 24, 2014

There are roughly 150,000 stray cats and dogs in Istanbul alone, and with so many other problems to deal with, city officials aren't likely to make...

Design

Turkey’s Designnobis turns plastic bottles into solar-powered lanterns

Tafline Laylin - July 23, 2014

If you live in the Middle East, surely you are accustomed to seeing plastic bottles lining city streets and even far-flung desert areas. While a...

Design

LEED-seeking eco mosque recycles precious ablution water in Dubai

Tafline Laylin - July 21, 2014

A new "eco-mosque" that seeks LEED silver certification has recently opened in Dubai. Designed to set an example for other mosques and local residents, the Port...

Design

What biomimicry architects can learn from scorpions

Karin Kloosterman - July 19, 2014

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev scientists have poured molten aluminum into a scorpion burrow and discovered that scorpion burrows have a platform on which...

Design

Zaha Hadid modernizes Islamic design with winning Heydar Aliyev in Azerbaijan

Tafline Laylin - July 17, 2014

The London Design Museum bestowed upon Zaha Hadid the prestigious Design of the Year award for this incredible Heydar Aliyev Center in Azerbaijan, and there's nothing green about it....

Design

Project Jewel: Moshe Safdie designs a massive indoor bio-dome for Singapore

Tafline Laylin - July 21, 2014

Nearly half a decade after his famous Habitat '67, architect Moshe Safdie is still going strong. Born in Israel, Safdie strives to incorporate sustainability in...

Design

Tentsile tents are suspended tree houses you can carry anywhere

Tafline Laylin - January 3, 2024

Like a regular multi-person tent that can be packed up in a small bag and carried around, the tentsile offers ultimate portability.

Design

Sunken trails create healing pilgrimage to bloody Gallipoli Campaign in Turkey

Tafline Laylin - July 2, 2014

At least 124,000 people were killed in the bloody eight month Gallipoli Campaign. Also called the Dardanelles Campaign, it was considered to be the Ottomans'...

Design

The beautiful painted earth homes of Burkina Faso

Tafline Laylin - July 2, 2014

Until the girls were abducted, I didn't know much about Burkina Faso. And I didn't think I wanted to know more until I stumbled...

Design

Radical recycling: a chicken is now a lamp

Tafline Laylin - June 26, 2014

Imagine you're at an old taxidermy museum and you go out back and find one of their broken ducks in the trash. You see it and you say "hey,...

Design

Modern mashrabiya is Arab architecture made in the shade – check out these stunning photos

Faisal O'Keefe - June 26, 2014

Thousands of folding glass panels cover the southern facade of the Al Bahr Towers in Abu Dhabi (above). Reacting to sunlight, they form a...

Design

Al Farjan sports clubs for a greener, fitter Qatar

Tafline Laylin - June 18, 2014

What's the best way to get a nation of increasingly obese residents to embrace a healthier life? Host a World Cup and build a bunch of awesome sports...

Design

Malian ‘H’ blocks make A/C unnecessary at the Falatow Jigiyaso orphanage

Tafline Laylin - June 17, 2014

In the middle of the summer with no shade, the Sahelian region of Mali is hot. Blistering hot. So how did F8 Architecture build an...

Design

Strandbeest: beach-blown plastics that have a life of their own

Faisal O'Keefe - March 28, 2022

Theo Jansen transforms plastic bottles and conduit into skeletal frames - complete with movable joints, wings, and bellies - that are able to walk...

Design

Gorgeous geodesic dome burned down for Las Fallas festival in Spain

Tafline Laylin - June 10, 2014

The Castielfabib community of Valencia put on an especially exciting show during this year's Las Fallas festival in Spain. An annual celebration that culminates...

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