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Saharan refugees learn how to spin old plastic bottles into gold

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An urban park that embraces its desert environment

How many times have you seen a big old patch of lawn in the middle of Abu Dhabi and cringed?  Lush green grass does not...

Qatar axes four of 12 solar-powered World Cup 2022 stadiums

Qatar plans to spend roughly $200 billion to prepare for the hundreds of thousands of fans who are expected to show up for the...

Retractable Mashrabiya sunscreens for secret Middle East media towers project

New York's REX architecture studio has designed a pair of skinny media towers that feature 'blooming' Mashrabiya sunscreens that protect against excess solar gain....

Israeli designs fashion hats good enough to eat

An Israeli costume designer has created a series of hats that look good enough to eat, serving up 3-course millinery that pretty much covers...

Paraplegic sea turtle lived without flippers for 4 years, then he got these

A turtle that washed up on a beach in Israel was found with his two left flippers dangling hopelessly by his side - they...

Hyper-absorbent diapers made from jellyfish biodegrade in under 30 days

Until you have babies, the true awfulness of diapers doesn't really set in. But ask the modern parent, who will buy up to 2,800...

Bamboo WarkaWater tower harvests potable water from air

On a recent trip to Ethiopia, Italian designer Arturo Vittori discovered how collecting water is both dangerous and time-consuming - especially for women and children....

HA Schult arrives in Israel with an army of 500 ‘Trash People’

German artist HA Schult has spent the last 18 years traveling around the world with his own army of 'trash people.' Like a modern...

World’s largest trash mural makes life in Syria a little less awful

Anyone who hasn't been to Syria in the last few years can't possibly grasp the full extent of the horrors Syrians have endured, but...

Floating Majlis meeting rooms made of recycled fishing nets in Dubai

Majlis are the boardrooms of the Arab world. A traditional 'place of sitting' often adorned with cushions on the floor, they are used to...

Safely swap your streetlight for a glowing tree?

Could the built environment take cues from Mother Nature? When Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde puzzled this, a light popped on in his head, a light...

The edible Ooho water bottle could save us from plastic

Plastic. No word assaults our sensibilities more. Plastic in the bellies of baby birds; plastic strangling marine animals; plastic leaching chemicals into our water...

Powerful scrap sculptures depict life in Beirut’s Shatila refugee camp

The nearly 10,000 Palestinian refugees packed into southern Beirut's Shatila camp live in makeshift homes of corrugated tin, and many long to return to...

See world’s largest collection of Bauhaus architecture from your desk

Tel Aviv has a lot to offer visitors, including the world's largest collection of Bauhaus buildings. But for design lovers who are unable to...

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