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- The Invisible House is a reflective building that mirrors its desert surroundings Sat, 4 Jul 20, 1:30amThe Invisible House is a mirror-clad home designed to look like a New York skyscraper flipped on its side. It is covered in heat-reflective “Solarcool” glass to mirror the surrounding remote desert of its site, located...
- Student designs an ecotourism hot-spot for the Iranian desert Wed, 11 Sep 19, 1:30amA student finalist in this year’s Radical Innovation competition has found a possible solution for conserving Iran’s deserts while also promoting ecotourism in the region...
- WOHA unveils a lush, net-zero Singapore Pavilion for the 2020 World Expo Fri, 6 Sep 19, 2:30amSingapore-based architecture firm WOHA has unveiled plans to create a net-zero energy green oasis for 2020 World Expo Singapore Pavilion in the Dubai desert...
- The Sahara may flip from desert to grass every 20,000 years. Blame The Sun. Fri, 4 Jan 19, 5:52amMIT researchers think they have solved a bit of a mystery regarding Sahara dust, but if they’re right it means the Sahara Desert has already come and gone 3 – 5 times since humans walked the Earth...
- Modern rammed earth home embraces the desert landscape Sat, 1 Dec 18, 5:30amNamed after the way light bounces off of its angled walls and ceilings, Dancing Light is an award-winning dwelling nestled in the desert town of Paradise Valley, Arizona...
- Explore the worlds driest desert at these eco-friendly geodomes Fri, 28 Sep 18, 12:30amOn the coastal edge of northern Chile’s Atacama Desert sits the Piedras Bayas BeachCamp, sustainable lodgings that offer a low-impact stay in the world’s driest desert...
- Rammed earth walls tie this modern home to the Arizona desert landscape Wed, 22 Aug 18, 1:00amArchitect Brent Kendle of Kendle Design Collaborative married architecture with the desert landscape in Desert Wash, a site-specific home that sweeps the natural environment indoors through walls of glass and rammed earth...
- Unusual Kerplunk House is envisioned as a miniature forest in the desert Sat, 21 Jul 18, 2:30amDesign collective I STIFFEN THEE has completed Kerplunk House, a tiny cabin in the desert with an eye-catching arrangement of exposed wood piercing through its cuboid volumes...
- Escape the everyday in this Geodesic Dome House in Palm Springs Sat, 19 May 18, 10:30amInspired 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...
- Incredible glass home stays comfortably snug even in extreme temperatures Tue, 6 Mar 18, 9:30pmOFIS 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 buys a huge chunk of land in Arizona to create a 'smart city' Tue, 14 Nov 17, 2:00amBill 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 swanky desert guesthouse was fashioned out of a former horse barn Thu, 9 Nov 17, 9:05pmThis 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 world's mightiest river is dying Fri, 13 Oct 17, 9:37pmThe 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...
- First ever video footage of wild sand cat kittens in Morocco Thu, 12 Oct 17, 11:10pmGet 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...
- 3-hectare desert farm in Jordan can grow 286,600 pounds of veggies each year Fri, 8 Sep 17, 12:47amVegetables 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...