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Gorgeous Recycled Silk Furniture from Turkey’s Meb Rure

Meb Rure's latest line of furniture is so bright, stylish and unique that it's hard to believe they are made with almost all recycled...

Ottoman Palaces Converted into Gorgeous Boutique Efendi Hotel

Uri Jeremias peered over the roof of his restaurant back in 2001 and fell in love with a large abandoned building. It wasn't for...

Israeli Teenager Designs Mobile Pedi-Sukkah on a Tricycle

We love everything about Sukkot, especially the philosophy and process behind the inspiring sukkah (booth) that Jews build during this week-long Autumnal holiday. But...

Sukkah Design That’s Natural, Gorgeous and Kosher

Over here in the Cradle of Humanity Jews are ardently building their sukkahs. The serious ones are already finished. If you happen to be...

The Marrakech Museum for Photography and Visual Arts to be World’s Largest

David Chipperfield Architects have designed a resplendent new building in fascinating, frustrating Morocco, which will house the The Marrakech Museum for Photography and Visual Arts...

Moussa Beidas’ Art Installation Powered By The Sun?

A young Dubai designer wants to install the world's largest perpetual public art installation to send a message around the planet using the power...

Najila El Zein’s Beautiful Wind Portal is Made with 5,000 Paper Windmills

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Zaha Hadid Greens Tokyo’s 2020 Olympic Stadium Design

Japan has won the bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo and Zaha Hadid has been picked to retrofit its National Stadium....

Aga Khan Awards Five in Architecture for Middle East and Muslim World

President of Portugal Aníbal Cavaco Silva and the Aga Khan presented this year's Aga Khan Awards for Architecture at the Castle of São Jorge in Lisbon on...

Rhino Skin Portable Bomb Shelter’s Got Your Back in War

We don't want to perpetuate any kind of hype during this immensely sensitive time in the Middle East, but now does seem like a...

10 Green Gift Ideas for Eid al-Adha

Want a jump up on impressing the hosts of upcoming Eid al-Adha parties?  Conspicuous consumption is hard work in Jordan where I live. Product...

3,500 Sqm Qatar National Convention Center in New Pics

The 3,500 square meter Qatar National Convention Center (QNCC) sees more time under the spotlight as Portuguese photographer Nelson Garrido's new photographs of Arata...

Dafna Aizenberg Maps the Internet’s View of Our World

A young Israeli designer has collected digital data across a variety of internet meta-aspects (think “search phrases” and “virus attacks”) to paint pictures of...

Israeli Photographer’s “Taking Apart” Nostalgia for Recycled Artifacts in Pieces

Israeli photographer Gabi Menashe loves outdated artifacts so much, he takes them apart, "one bolt, spring, button at a time," and then artfully assembles...

Massive Concrete Amphitheater Lies Disused Outside Dubai

A friend tipped me off about this strange structure out in the desert a short drive from Dubai. I tried to figure out what...

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