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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

Up your eco coolness and become a fan of fans

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

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

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

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

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...

Cliche Arab references in Libyan bank design by Henning Larsen Architects

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...

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

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...

Tiny trash homes create humanity with salvaged waste

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...

Jameel prizewinner reinvents the iconic Middle Eastern rug

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...

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

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...

IRIS sea pods make energy and a social statement in Beirut

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

Tires upcycled as Arabian stools

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...

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

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...

Wow-alicious green gifts upcycled by Ex Libris Anonymous

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

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