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Inspired by 20th-century architect R. Buckminster Fuller, architect Pavlina Williams transformed a decrepit dome house in Palm Springs into a dreamy retreat that channels bohemian and mid-century modern vibes. Now available...

OFIS Architects tackles the ultimate indoor-outdoor living experience with Glass Pavilion, a retreat with full-height glass structural walls that provides total comfort even in extreme desert conditions...

Bill Gates is purchasing 25,000 acres of land in the West Valley area of Arizona, 45 minutes west of Phoenix, with the intent of building a high-tech "smart city" named Belmont...

This stunning modernist guest home bears little similarity to its previous form: an old concrete barn for horses. Design-build firm The Construction Zone led the adaptive reuse project, the Barn Guest House, transforming...

The Nile River, the longest in the world at 4,258 miles (6,853km), is shrinking in the face of several harsh environmental challenges. An exploding human population and continued exploitation of communities and natural resources...

Get ready for cuteness overload. Researchers recently filmed sand cat kittens in the Moroccan Sahara, and they're crazy adorable. The team thinks this could be the very first time scientists "documented wild sand cat kittens...

Vegetables are sprouting in the desert at the Sahara Forest Project's recently inaugurated launch station in Aqaba, Jordan. The project draws on the sun, saltwater, and carbon dioxide to grow food and generate clean energy...

In a major geoengineering effort to fight back against ever-encroaching desert, China is planting trees to create a "Great Green Wall" that may halt erosion, capture carbon, and provide economic benefits to the People's Republic...

A “green lung” in Qatar’s desert landscape is helping people stay healthy and active, and reconnecting them to nature. Erik Behrens and James Haig Streeter of AECOM recently completed Oxygen Park, a unique public space...

One in 10 people on Earth lack access to safe water, which is why artist Ap Verheggen has been working so hard to address water scarcity over the last decade or so...

Students at The Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, Taliesin West have erected small sleeping shelters on the school's Arizona desert property in for decades, hearkening back to the early days of the school, when young...

If you’re a fan of desert living prepare to swoon over this cute compact abode in Arizona. Set on a 1.25-acre lot that backs up onto Tonto National Forest, this beautiful modern home spotted by Curbed boasts spectacular...

The Sahara Desert we know, with its rolling sand dunes and hot temperatures, used to be a verdant grassland with lakes. Scientists have traditionally attributed the dramatic change to a wobble in Earth's orbital axis, but...

The Mohammed VI Bridge was inaugurated just two weeks ago by its namesake. The bridge spans a section of desert connecting Rabat to the city of Salé with 3,116 feet (950 meters) of roadway, making it the longest bridge of...

According to information boards at the Petra visitor center, the Nabateans began to control water supplies across the 900,000 square mile expanse of the Arabian desert around 300BC - long before they established their capital...