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Paris Tower “Graffed” by Arab Street Artists, Then Destroyed (VIDEO)

Faisal O'Keefe - November 4, 2013

The world's biggest street art exhibition was demolished this week in Paris just one month after opening to the public. Destruction of the wildly...

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World’s First ‘Green’ Ice Cream Factory – in Turkey

Tafline Laylin - November 4, 2013

Turkey is better known for these five unsustainable development projects and a new undersea rail tunnel near a major fault zone than green building....

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Cricket Bike Alarm is Silent and Barely Bigger than a Bottle Cap

Tafline Laylin - October 29, 2013

Israeli designers are working hard to curb bicycle theft. One group came up with the "fashionable" Foldylock and the Spine Bike breaks when stolen....

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The Shard Architect Designs Ultra Lightweight Dragonfly Wind Turbine

Tafline Laylin - October 27, 2013

The Shard architect Renzo Piano has partnered with Italy's Enel Green Power to design a new ultra lightweight wind turbine that has a smaller...

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Sneak Peek at World’s Largest Women-Only University in Saudi Arabia

Tafline Laylin - October 25, 2013

Most westerners imagine that Saudi women are completely deprived of opportunity, and in some cases that may be true, but the world's largest women-only...

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Abandoned Dubai Flyover Resembles Easter Island Sculptures

Richard Allenby Pratt - October 21, 2013

Continuing the theme of mysterious abandoned developments, the identity of this one is better known than the desert lakes I featured in my previous...

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Futuristic Zayed National Museum Cooled with Wing-Shaped Steel Towers

Tafline Laylin - October 21, 2013

With Masdar City, Foster & Partners was the first international architecture firm to design buildings in Abu Dhabi that borrow from the region's desert-savvy...

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Deadly Lake Natron Turns Animals into Ghostly Statues

Faisal O'Keefe - October 26, 2013

The Middle East boasts some of the world’s saltiest waterbodies, but none approach the horror of Lake Natron in Tanzania, one of the harshest...

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Casablanca Slaughterhouse Rises as Cool Art Space in Morocco

Tafline Laylin - October 21, 2013

A disused government-owned slaughterhouse in Casablanca that ceased to operate in 2000 now hosts art exhibitions, music shows, film screenings and other cultural activities...

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Glass Tube Home Wraps Around a Tree in Earthquake-Prone Kazakhstan

Tafline Laylin - October 16, 2013

An emergent studio from Kazakhstan has designed a curious glass tube home that wraps around a large Fir tree in the tectonically active mountainous...

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