Arizona’s Rusted Steel Desert Nomad House is Surrounded by Towering Saguaro Cacti

SunGlacier: A Solar-Powered Leaf That Makes Ice in the Desert

Amazing Prefabricated California Roll House Adapts Easily to Harsh Desert Environments

Perplexing “Yucca Crater” Will Be a Deep Desert Pool Using Repurposed Materials

PHOTOS: A First Look Inside Masdar: Foster + Partner’s Carbon-Neutral Eco City

Massive Living Mountain Skyscraper Transforms the Desert Into a Habitable Environment

Beetle-Inspired Bottle Harvests Drinking Water From Thin Air

For over one hundred years, scientists and engineers have been studying ways to effectively harvest fog as a source of water in arid regions. Although some of these man-made systems have proved useful,

Persian Gulf Harnessing Microbes to Transform Desert into Farmland

The United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Kuwait are in the midst of a massive project to re-landscape their deserts and transform them into fertile farmland, providing food security for their future. The

Jean Nouvel Unveils Sustainably-Designed National Museum of Qatar

Yesterday the Qatar Museum Authority and Jean Nouvel (Pritzker Prize-winning architect) unveiled plans for the new National Museum of Qatar. The cultural center is inspired by the desert architecture and

Graft Lab’s Vertical Village in Dubai Has Spider Web of Solar Panels

At first glance, Graft Lab‘s dazzling complex in Dubai may appear to have a cluster of sparkling geometric pools at its base. But upon further inspection, the web-like structures are actually