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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...

According to Joshua and Natsuko Shaffer, the couple behind Chibi Moku, Marten is a pioneer of "desert modern architecture." Educated as an architect, Marten wanted to create homes that would protect the spectacular views,...

When you think of the Sahara Desert, you probably don't connect it with water and vegetation. Yet Norwegian group Sahara Forest Project aims to bring just that to Tunisia through technology and solar power. They have the...

The world's first research facility to grow both food and fuel has opened in the United Arab Emirates. Located on a 2-hectacre site in Abu Dhabi, the desert facility uses coastal seawater irritation to raise fish and shrimp...

Commissioned by the Eco Resort Group for a remote site in southern Abu Dhabi, the resort is definitely designed for an upscale client - not so rare a breed in this wealthy Gulf country...

Death Valley is one of those places in the world that’s appropriately named. The hottest place on earth, this desert frequently heats up to temperatures around 120 degrees. Yet this spring, it’s home to a sudden explosion...

Before you worry about rising sea levels, turn your attention to an arguably more pressing global threat: desertification. The term refers to the persistent land degradation that transforms arable land into barren desert;...

French architectural design firms Nicholas Laisné Associés and OXO Architectes teamed up to design a concept for a massive vertical city in the Saharan desert...

The Capitol Reef Dwellings comprise three standalone structures: a main residence, a guesthouse, and a small garage/studio. Built on a modest budget, the Corten steel-clad desert retreat has a minimalist aesthetic and prefers...