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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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Why I Killed My TV Instagram TikTok and YouTube

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Who Owns the Farm Robot? A State of Jefferson Startup Takes on Carbon Robotics

In California's self-proclaimed State of Jefferson, a small agricultural technology company is challenging the dominant laser-weeding business model. Laudando & Associates believes farmers should own and repair their AI-powered weeding tools rather than pay ongoing subscription fees. The approach has put the company on a collision course with industry leader Carbon Robotics, sparking a patent dispute that has pushed the Jefferson startup toward overseas markets while raising broader questions about ownership, right-to-repair, and the future of farm automation.

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Talk about a way to woo your visitors. Etihad, the UAE's national carrier has decided to offer free travel insurance to visitors heading to the UAE.

Weston Higginbotham’s Funeral Set for June 17 as Family and Friends Honor Environmentalist

The family of environmentalist and eco-engineer in training, James "Weston" Higginbotham will gather with friends, classmates, and supporters on June 17 in Birmingham, Alabama, to celebrate the life of the Auburn University student whose death in a Kyoto forest in Japan touched people around the world.
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