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Futuristic Zayed National Museum Cooled with Wing-Shaped Steel Towers

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...

Deadly Lake Natron Turns Animals into Ghostly Statues

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...

Casablanca Slaughterhouse Rises as Cool Art Space in Morocco

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...

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

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

Tripoli’s Doshma Creative Hub Has a Recycled Shipping Container Core

So many countries in the Middle East and North Africa rely way too much on concrete for their building needs, but Libya Design bucks...

Old Bus Converts to Mediterranean Penthouse Suite on Wheels

A young Israeli man has renovated and transformed a disused public transport bus into a double story apartment that even boasts a penthouse guest...

Fashionable Foldylock Keeps Tel Aviv Bicycle Thieves at Bay

A group of friends from Tel Aviv got so tired of lugging enormous locks to foil would-be bicycle thieves that they got together to...

Walking Shelter Are Shoes You Could Live In

Can't find a couch to surf? Too broke for Air BNB? No need to cancel your travel plans, just lace up a pair of...

Damien Hirst’s Birth Sculptures Challenges Doha’s Sense of “Science”

It's something we can't avoid as human beings: we begin as naked embryos that go through stages of gestation. We emerge naked, until clothed....

A Grenade Garden Helps Palestinian Mother Move On

When Israeli soldiers killed her son Bassem in 2009, Sabiha Abu Rahman faced the impossible task of being alive without him. She has since turned...

Mishka Henner’s Feed Lot Photos Can Put You Off Meat

British photographer Mishka Henner has produced some disturbing aerial images of cattle feedlots in Texas, composed of hundreds of high-resolution satellite images stitched together...

Pedro Reyes’ Disarm Morphs Weapons Into A Mechanized Orchestra

Artist Pedro Reyes is waging a war on weapons, transforming guns into musical instruments and constructing a fully mechanized orchestra. In collaboration with Cocolab,...

Breathtaking New Museum on Warsaw Ghetto Site Commemorates Polish Jews

After more than a decade of planning, the Museum of the History of Polish Jews has finally risen where the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland...

Unusual Underground Sancaklar Mosque Recognized at World Architecture Festival 2013

Later today the winner of the World Architecture Festival 2013 Best Building of the Year will be announced, and the  unusual underground Sancaklar Mosque...

Adorable AirBnB Pop Up Home in L.A. Boasts Sultry Moroccan Decor

Who isn't in love with Moroccan decor - the amazing colors and designs that enliven any room? Well, Justina Blakeney certainly is. So much...

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Hobart, Tasmania’s capital, is the kind of city that makes you regret not having come sooner. Mount Wellington/kunanyi that shapes the skyline, Bruny Island's dolphins, Port Arthur's convict ruins and Salamanca's Saturday market are all close enough to fit into the same week.

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The Best of Hobart: Experiences to Have, Places to Visit, and Flavours to Try

Hobart, Tasmania’s capital, is the kind of city that makes you regret not having come sooner. Mount Wellington/kunanyi that shapes the skyline, Bruny Island's dolphins, Port Arthur's convict ruins and Salamanca's Saturday market are all close enough to fit into the same week.

How Responsible Tourism Could Help Protect the World’s Last Wild Places

From Antarctica and South Georgia to the Galápagos and Thailand, fragile destinations are finding ways to manage tourism without shutting visitors out. Visitor caps, conservation fees, biosecurity rules and controlled access can reduce environmental damage while helping fund the protection of wild places.

How Slow Travel Is Changing the Way We Explore

From trekking fees in Nepal and wildlife conservancies in Kenya to visitor limits in Patagonia and strict Arctic rules in Svalbard, responsible adventure travel can help fund conservation, protect habitats, and create sustainable income for local communities.

How Responsible Adventure Travel Can Protect the World’s Wild Places

From trekking fees in Nepal and wildlife conservancies in Kenya to visitor limits in Patagonia and strict Arctic rules in Svalbard, responsible adventure travel can help fund conservation, protect habitats, and create sustainable income for local communities.

Here is how Europe is still buying Russian gas

Greek-linked shipping vessels transported an estimated €2.35 billion worth of Russian Arctic liquefied natural gas to European ports during the first seven months of 2026, according to new analysis from Urgewald, a Germany-based environmental and human rights organization that investigates the financial institutions and companies supporting fossil fuel and other environmentally damaging industries.

Ancient Jewish New Year for Animals revived with global campaign against factory farming

Jewish Vegan Life has launched a global campaign celebrating the New Year for Animals, with synchronized events in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Montreal and Jerusalem, alongside an international livestream on August 9 featuring partners including Mercy for Animals, The Good Food Institute and Freedom Farm Animal Sanctuary.

The Space Orchestra, and the search for extraterrestrial life, to eclipse celebration

The event will livestream eclipse views from Iceland and northern Spain, where the eclipse will be total, while the 35-member International Space Orchestra, made up of astronauts, scientists, engineers, and researchers—performs a new orchestral interpretation of Voyager by PJ Harvey.

Canada’s healthcare became the world’s digital health laboratory. Now Europe is taking notice

Canada's healthcare system may be under pressure, but its decades-long experience with digital transformation is becoming a model for Europe and beyond. In an interview with Nordic's Alison MacDonald, Green Prophet explores why successful AI in healthcare depends less on software than on empowering clinicians, improving workflows and building resilient systems.
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