Buhais Geology Park opens in UAE’s Sharjah Desert
British architectural firm Hopkins Architects has completed the Buhais Geology Park Interpretative Centre,...
3D-printed concrete “forest” pavilion proposed for Dubai’s Expo 2020
United Arab Emirates-based design practice MEAN* (Middle East Architecture Network) has proposed a sculptural 3D-printed...
Zaha Hadid Architects weaves energy-saving tech into an otherworldly UAE landscape
Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed designs for the Central Hub, a new leisure and entertainment destination for...
These beautiful desert biodomes will be 100% self-sustaining
In an effort to encourage ecotourism for the millions that visit the United Arab Emirates each year, the country...
France is the world’s most sustainable food country
Thanks to proactive measures put in place to curb food waste, France now ranks #1 in the world when it comes to...
UAE unveils plans for massive city simulating human settlement on Mars
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced plans to build a 1.9-million-square-foot city that will simulate conditions...
Jean Nouvel-designed Louvre Abu Dhabi set to open in November
Jean Nouvel's Louvre Abu Dhabi – the first universal museum in the Arab world – will open its doors to the...
It’s finally illegal to own wild animals in the UAE
In a move sure to please animal rights advocates around the world, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has now completely...
Future of hyper-fast pod travel unveiled in BIG’s Hyperloop One
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fze5spdN3nU First proposed by Elon Musk, the revolutionary Hyperloop transport...
Masdar Institute tests new tech that uses sand to store solar heat
When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. When it hands you an abundance of dry, grainy sand, it’s a good...
Transforming veil shields UAE medical center from thermal fluctuations
This unusual medical center planned for Al Ain, the fourth largest city in the United Arab Emirates, includes a...
New eco resort in the UAE desert will be fully powered by 157,000 square feet of solar
Commissioned by the Eco Resort Group for a remote site in southern Abu Dhabi, the resort is definitely designed...
Extraordinary butterfly pavilion shelters its own artificial rainforest ecosystem
The Butterfly Pavilion features a golden roof that flows over a glass cube housing an artificial rainforest ecosystem....
Dubai to print world’s first 3D-printed office building
The United Arab Emirates likes to be first when it comes to amazing feats of construction and technology, and architecture...
Foster & Partners wins bid to design an incubator of creative talent for the Dubai Design District
Foster & Partners released design renders for the second phase of the Dubai Design District (d3), their latest...
Award-winning biomason grows bricks from sand and bacteria to reduce CO2 emissions
It takes an enormous amount of energy and resources to produce simple building materials such as concrete, bricks,...
Zaha Hadid’s LEED Platinum-seeking Bee’ah headquarters will be 100% powered by renewable energy
Surrounded by desert, the curvaceous 75,350-square-foot building was inspired by the shape of sand dunes and oriented...
Masdar Helps Oman Prepare for the Post-Oil Era With the Gulf’s First Wind Farm
The Sultanate of Oman is building the largest wind farm in the Gulf States region. The $125 million, 50-megawatt...
United Arab Emirates to Launch Unmanned Mission to Mars by 2021
The United Arab Emirates just announced that it's setting up a Space Agency - and it plans to send an unmanned...
Dubai to Build World’s Largest Shopping Mall for Expo 2020
While the impending Expo 2020 undoubtedly gives a timeline to the project, in unveiling the plans His Highness...
Organic Cities: An Adaptive Plan for a Desert Megalopolis in the UAE
Organic Cities is a concept for an addition to the coastline somewhere in the United Arab Emirates that will merge...
Masdar and Oil Companies to Develop Middle East’s First Commercial-Scale Carbon Capture & Storage Project
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and clean energy company Masdar announced Sunday that they will collaborate...
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority Headquarters To Be Emirates’ First Green Building
The government of Dubai has green-lit the Emirates' first sustainable building and construction is now well underway....
Aerial Photos Reveal That Dubai Is Building a Series of Dubai-Shaped Islands Off the Coast of Dubai
One might think that emirs of Dubai would learn from their past mistakes after Dubai's artificial 'The World' archipelago...
Lattice-Pattern Dome is a Beacon of Passive Indigenous Design for New Parliament Building In U.A.E.
Ehrlich Architects came in ahead of Foster + Partners, Massimiliano Fuksas Architects, and Zaha Hadid Architects...
Dubai’s World of Islands is Sinking Into the Sea
Granted Dubai's stratospheric rise over the past few years, it may come as no surprise that several of its projects...
Vanishing Mosque Does Double Duty as a Public Plaza
The Vanishing Mosque won first place in the international design competition, Design as Reform 2010 for the UAE...
Energy-Generating Kite Park Offers Extreme Green Parasailing
Colombian landscape architecture studio Paisajes Emergentes recently unveiled plans for an energy-generating kite...
UAE Announces Plans for World’s Largest Solar Plant
It seems everyone is rolling out with plans for the world's largest this or that and the UAE is joining the fray...
The ‘Land Art Generator Initiative’ Combines Art with Energy Creation
The power of artis often described as being emotional, healing, ethereal, and inspirational. But in the context...