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Living materials are the future of sustainable building
Keep buildings cool as it gets hotter
In this episode we find out how “modern” styles of architecture using concrete and glass have often usurped local building techniques better suited to parts of the world with hotter climates. Now some architects are resurrecting traditional techniques to help keep buildings cool.
Role Architectural Prototypes Play in the Global South
Perhaps this is how architectural prototypes built in the Global South should function – as bold, inventive assemblages, that are not only for observation and display, but instead examples of architecture that is dynamic, in use, and living.
Tunisia Is Using U.S. Funds to Broaden Its Tourism
The U.S. government is trying to help Tunisia develop a multifaceted destination brand, one that captures its diverse offerings and incorporates community stakeholders.
Solving Europe’s energy challenge
With oil and gas prices surging, the countries of Europe face a looming winter energy crisis. Can the Middle East and North Africa help overcome the challenge?
Evidence of Prehistoric Hunting across Arabian Desert
Archaeologists at the University of Oxford’s School of Archaeology have used satellite imagery to identify and map over 350 monumental hunting structures known as ‘kites’ across northern Saudi Arabia and southern Iraq . . .
At Yale University, MENA students kick off year with . . .
MENA student leaders held their first event of the school year in their newly designated room in the Asian American Cultural Center
The MENA’s Fight Against Climate Change
n 2022, the UN Environment Program placed Iraq, which was long considered the “Cradle of Civilization,” as the fifth most vulnerable country to climate change.
Climate change could devastate Mideast, East Mediterranean
Climate change could have a devastating effect on the lives of millions in the East Mediterranean and Middle East, where temperatures are rising nearly twice as fast as the global average