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Siemens opens Middle East’s greenest office building at Masdar City (PHOTOS)

When the Middle East eco-city developers from Masdar approached David Ardill, Partner and Design Director at Sheppard Robson, to design Siemens’ new corporate headquarters at Masdar...

Can there be more Masdar eco-cities in the Middle East?

Can there be more Masdars? Can this experimental eco-city be replicated in other Middle Eastern or North African countries that don’t have Abu Dhabi’s immense...

Abu Dhabi gives 6 rural communities $41m for off grid power anywhere

The international renewable energy group IRENA announced the first six recipients of concessional loans for off grid renewable energy projects that are “ready for the shovel,”...

Green Prophet hits IRENA and the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi

This is the second year that Masdar has hosted Green Prophet at the World Future Energy Summit (WFES). Last year we visited Shams I, the...

This wavy Expo pavilion will eat greenhouse gas in 2015

Remember how exciting it was when we first saw pictures of Masdar City in the United Arab Emirates. Masdar is the futuristic terra-cotta curvy buildings designed...

The Shard is getting a neighbor and Qatar is footing the bill

There was great hullabaloo when The Shard was completed just one year ago. Not only was it financed by Qatar, but the 306 meter tower...

GE Opens Ecomagination Clean Tech Hub in Masdar City

There’s something so satisfying about watching the seed of an idea turn into something real – like GE’s Ecomagination Center unveiled at Masdar City outside...

First Saudi dinosaur bones discovered and they’re 72 million years old

Scientists have discovered the first dinosaur bones in Saudi Arabia that are identifiable – a huge discovery that has proved very difficult until now. The...

Offshore crescent-shaped moons and modular land buildings for futuristic metropolis

Luca Curci architects have designed a concept for a futuristic metropolis in the United Arab Emirates that is comprised of modular “organic” buildings on land...

Ex-Israeli soldier designs a brilliant collapsible camping grill

A former soldier in the Israeli Defense Force, Roee Magdassi knows how bulky and unsteady camping grills can be. Now a student at the Bezalel Academy of...
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