MVRDV breaks ground on Pixel, a mixed-use development that embraces indoor-outdoor living
MVRDV has started construction on Pixel, a mixed-use development in Abu Dhabi that promotes an innovative building...
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...
Hyperloop TT just announced plans to build a working line in the UAE next year
It's been a busy week for Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HyperloopTT): they began building a test track...
The GCC’s first commercial vertical farm launches in Dubai
Cultivating crops in Dubai's harsh climate isn't easy -- but indoor vertical farms could offer a solution. The...
Uber deploys 50 Tesla electric vehicles to Dubai
Uber just announced plans to add 50 new Tesla electric cars to its ride-sharing fleet in Dubai. "We are tremendously...
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...
Dubai has officially started testing flying taxis
Dubai is now one step closer to launching the world's first flying taxi service. On Monday, Volocopter successfully...
Dubai-based firm to construct world’s first 3D-printed skyscraper
3D printing could soar to new heights with the construction of the first 3D-printed skyscraper in the world. Dubai-based...
The UAE joins race to build first city on Mars
The race to colonize Mars first is in full swing, with everyone from Mars One to Elon Musk angling for the prize....
SeaWorld to open first park without killer whales
CNN Money reports that SeaWorld is planning to open its first park outside of the United States -- without killer...
Villa in Alps mimics the mountains with glimmering arches that provide strategically shifting shade
Villa in Alps is a conceptual design inspired by its namesake snowcapped mountains. Rozhko envisions the architecture...
BIG releases video sneak peek of Hyperloop designed to connect Abu Dhabi & Dubai
Danish architecture firm Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has released a teaser video showing off its design of a Hyperloop...
55-foot-tall Burj Khalifa is tallest LEGO building in the world
LEGOLAND Dubai just unveiled the tallest LEGO building in the world: a 55-foot-tall Burj Khalifa. The towering...
The world’s largest artificial tree rises in Dubai’s massive new indoor rainforest
Dubai’s natural climate is arid and desert-like, but that doesn’t stop the posh city from trying on other ecosystems...
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...
The world’s new tallest tower moves forward in Dubai
When you’re aiming for a project to be the first, biggest, or best of its kind in the world, having an international...
Self-sustaining solar-powered houseboats in Abu Dhabi are cheaper than rent
The entrepreneur realized he could pair his love of boats with a unique niche in the housing market by creating...
Dubai debuts world’s first fully 3D-printed building
Not surprisingly, the actual build looks exactly like the early renderings. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,...
The UAE wants to build an artificial mountain to create wetter weather
As the effects of global warming continue to create challenging conditions around the globe, the impetus to hack...
Santiago Calatrava picked to design UAE pavilion for Dubai World Expo 2020
Architect Santiago Calatrava won another design competition for a new project in Dubai. The UAE National Media...
Exemplary natural reserve completed in Sharjah replaces a sprawling rubbish dump
The rehabilitation process of the area, located in Sharjah, started in 2005 with the removal of approximately 40,000...
World’s first farm to grow food and fuel in the desert opens in Abu Dhabi
The world's first research facility to grow both food and fuel just opened in the United Arab Emirates. Located...
World’s largest solar glass facade will supply half the electricity for Copenhagen International School
A new school in Denmark is all about clean energy - and it will feature the world’s largest solar glass facade....
Masdar’s failed sustainable city may be doomed to become a green ghost town
Masdar City was supposed to represent the future of sustainable energy and, for a while, it did that. More than...
Experts predict more devastating Dubai skyscraper fires
The New Year’s Eve fire at The Address Downtown in Dubai shocked onlookers from around the world -- an entire...
Persian Gulf will be too hot for humans by 2100 without action, says new study
Global warming threatens to run residents out of coastal cities as melting ice caps cause sea levels to rise. Now,...
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...
Dubai reveals plans for 3D-printed ‘Museum of the Future’
The $136-million attraction, scheduled to open in 2017, will be a high-tech showpiece of technological advancements....