BYAriel Schwartz Relevancy Score: 100 Mon Jun 29, 2009 at 1:46 PM
The United Arab Emirates has the largest per capita carbon footprint of any country in the world, contains artificial islands, a ski dome in the middle of the desert, and will soon boast the first air-conditioned beach. In general, ...READ»
BYrakesh bhatia Relevancy Score: 100 Fri Feb 15, 2008 at 7:15 PM
hi,find this interesting reading which i came across recently;
ABU DHABI - Abu Dhabi Starts Work on US $22 Billion Zero-Carbon City
Abu Dhabi today broke ground on Masdar City, the world’s first zero-carbon, ...READ»
BYCliff Kuang Relevancy Score: 100 Fri May 15, 2009 at 10:20 AM
Images of the futuristic architecture being planned for Dubai and Abu Dhabi conjure an era before the economic meltdown--what will happen to all those construction cranes sitting prone in the desert now? It turns out that a ...READ»
Christmas comes in February for defense contractors. Thanks to its enormous military budget, China is the biggest target for the kinds of companies that will hawk everything from battleships to bullets at this five-day fair. But as ...READ»
BYLinda Tischler Relevancy Score: 52 Thu Jan 22, 2009 at 3:54 PM
Can’t afford a Zaha Hadid Aqua Table from Established and Sons? Then how about something similarly swoopy and a little more modestly priced? Just in time for spring kitchen remodeling projects, the Pritzker Award-winning architect ...READ»
Masdar City, a planned zero-emissions cleantech hub in the middle of Abu Dhabi, announced this weekend that it will raise between $300 and $500 million. Today Masdar announced even more significant news--the city is building the ...READ»
BYFiona Robbins Relevancy Score: 48 Mon Nov 2, 2009 at 10:44 AM
With the title already decided, Jenson Button arrived for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, sponsored by Etihad Airways, nicely relaxed. He is 90% certain to sign up with Brawn GP again next year although probably for considerably more money. ...READ»
BY Melissa Kinsey Relevancy Score: 47 Tue Nov 25, 2008 at 5:00 AM
At the annual Routes World Development Forum in Kuala Lumpur, 700 airports and 500 airlines begin the mating dance that determines who flies where.READ»
BYAriel Schwartz Relevancy Score: 45 Mon Aug 31, 2009 at 8:07 AM
Dubai's reign as a "symbol of crazed civic ambition" is over, but the United Arab Emirates is still planning to play host to Masdar City, the first large-scale carbon-neutral development in the world. Now the UAE has selected ...READ»
BYAriel Schwartz Relevancy Score: 43 Thu May 28, 2009 at 4:29 PM
Most companies are cowering in fear at the thought of unpredictable global-warming-related weather events, but the dredging industry, at least, is set to benefit from rising seas. The Flemish newspaper Gazet van Antwerpen reports ...READ»
BYKit Eaton Relevancy Score: 42 Tue Jul 28, 2009 at 8:45 AM
Abu Dhabi-based investor Aabar has announced it's buying a third of Virgin Galactic--Richard Branson's nascent space company. And as part of the $280 million deal, the middle east will get a spaceport and satellite-launch ...READ»
BYAriel Schwartz Relevancy Score: 32 Thu Oct 8, 2009 at 3:48 PM
In the United Arab Emirates, Dubai has always maintained a reputation as the center of excess and oil money gone awry, while Abu Dhabi's Masdar City has emerged as the UAE's sustainable core. But Dubai's developers might be ...READ»
BYLinda Tischler Relevancy Score: 21 Mon Jun 11, 2007 at 4:29 PM
If you enjoy the smog of LA, the traffic of Washington DC’s Beltway at rush hour, the blistering heat of Orlando in August, the retail pizzazz of the Mall of America, the cultural attractions of Midland, Texas, and the sensitive ...READ»
BYAdisa Banjoko Relevancy Score: 21 Sun Sep 7, 2008 at 12:20 AM
Eddie Bravo: Formless Wisdom Pt. 1
By: Adisa Banjoko
Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. ...READ»
BY Fast Company Staff Relevancy Score: 19 Tue Nov 25, 2008 at 5:00 AM
Shifting routes reflect the changing economics of the airline industry. Business hubs in Asia and the Middle East are strong. European and U.S. leisure routes ain't.READ»
Sure, the economy's on life support, and shelter magazines have been hung out to dry, but design is not dead yet. The tallest skyscraper on the planet is rocketing into the stratosphere over Dubai, and $600 plastic chairs are ...READ»
