Design

Spiraling Plantagon vertical farms grow more food on a small urban footprint

Tafline Laylin - June 6, 2014

Food insecurity is daunting, particularly in cities. And while industrial vertical farming offers a solution, the absence of chickens and may and other signs of farm life casts suspicion on...

Design

Opus Tower: Zaha Hadid’s latest luxury composition in Dubai

Tafline Laylin - June 2, 2014

We'd love to tell you that the Middle East's most famous contemporary architect is doing great green things for the region, but we can't. Instead, Zaha Hadid's latest...

Design

Israel’s green LEED Platinum building – Porter School of Environmental Studies

Tafline Laylin - July 29, 2014

Geotectura sent us images of their recently completed Porter School of Environmental Studies. The buiding was underwrit through a generous donation by Dame Shirley Porter...

Design

Up your eco coolness and become a fan of fans

Faisal O'Keefe - May 27, 2014

Summer’s coming – watch as its warm weather seduces us into abandoning green principles - flipping on the air conditioner (AC) for a fast...

Design

The Big Bambu evolving bamboo sculpture that will hold you, in Jerusalem

Karin Kloosterman - May 25, 2014

A travelling art exhibit made from thousands of bamboo poles has landed in Israel. Inviting the public to climb on it, and inside it,...

Design

Villa Minima #3 looks like a caterpillar on a rocky landscape in Turkey

Tafline Laylin - May 22, 2014

There's something so compelling about this minimalistic villa shanghaied on the edge of a rocky Mediterranean landscape. One of five small villas conceptualized for varying landscapes by...

Design

Cliche Arab references in Libyan bank design by Henning Larsen Architects

Tafline Laylin - May 20, 2014

We don't mean to pick on any one firm here, but a string of repetitive competition proposals has culminated most recently in the Central Bank of Libya...

Cities

Toilet of the future? Holy crap, it’s here!

Faisal O'Keefe - May 17, 2014

The 2012 winners of a competition with a cringe-inducing name teamed up with a powerhouse plumbing manufacturer to design a self-contained restroom that could be...

Design

Tiny trash homes create humanity with salvaged waste

Faisal O'Keefe - May 17, 2014

Artist Gregory Kloehn veered off course from a career creating large-scale sculptures, focusing his talents on making tiny buildings from garbage. He erects one-room houses...

Design

Jameel prizewinner reinvents the iconic Middle Eastern rug

Faisal O'Keefe - May 15, 2014

Green Prophet's brought you the story behind this year's winner of the Jameel Prize - 3, an international award for contemporary design inspired by...

Design

3-D print your makeup for a gorgeous carbon footprint!

Faisal O'Keefe - May 12, 2014

The $55 billion beauty industry may have been dealt a fatal blow by a brainy Harvard Business School beauty! Inventor Grace Choi has come up...

Design

IRIS sea pods make energy and a social statement in Beirut

Tafline Laylin - May 9, 2014

Remember the old days in Beirut when you could actually see the Mediterranean Sea? The crew over at Najjar & Najjar Architects remember, and...

Design

Tires upcycled as Arabian stools

Tafline Laylin - November 7, 2022

Rubber tires are pure nastiness, especially when they're no longer useful for cars. They languish in landfills, provide habitat for mosquitoes and rats, and often cause...

Design

Ancient Egyptian secret cracked : how they moved massive stones through desert sand

Karin Kloosterman - May 1, 2014

It's one of the world's biggest mysteries: how did the ancient Egyptians transport massive stones across the desert to create the pyramids? Scientist from...

Design

Wow-alicious green gifts upcycled by Ex Libris Anonymous

Faisal O'Keefe - May 1, 2014

Jacob Deatherage founded a clever company that saved my skin many times over a decade of holidays - letting me serve up clever gifts...

1...171819...51 Page 18 of 51

Hot this week

Water

From “Water Terrorist” to Global Laureate: Iran’s Kaveh Madani Wins the Nobel of Water

March 19, 2026 0

At a time when Iran is again in the...

Lifestyle

What are the best Mac cleaners to use today?

March 18, 2026 0

Using a Mac cleanup tool is one of the...

Architecture

A Fact-Based Reflection on Sustainability and Tourism in Hormuz

March 17, 2026 1

A Documented Response to the Article “The Aga Khan...

Health

Fix your Ozempec face with alloClae fat from a human cadaver?

March 17, 2026 0

How do you feel about you afterlife being a...

Business

Should You Invest in the Private Market?

March 17, 2026 0

startustartup Unlike public stock exchanges, which offer daily trading, strict...

Topics

Water

Hot topics

Finance

Marketing

Politics

Strategy

Hot topics

Finance

Marketing

Politics

Strategy

Design

Topics

Related Articles

Company

Headlines

Newsletter