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		<title>A campus that irrigates itself</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sohar University wanted a green campus on a coast where the water table is falling and seawater is moving in behind it. The answer was not to use the local water more carefully. It was to leave it alone entirely, and irrigate the campus from its own wastewater.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Dubai, Ras Al Khaimah and Muscat</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Four days in Dubai, Ras Al Khaimah and Muscat. A site with environmental problems and a poor public reputation. A toy goat that bleats. Fifteen-year-old trees finally shading a pavement in midsummer. And the case for appointing expertise before writing the scope.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Shade It Like You Mean It</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Conventional shadow studies fix on the solstices and equinox — dates set by the calendar, not by climate. This guide shows how to get real value from the analysis, with a sample brief developers can issue: study the shoulder seasons, matched to how people use each space.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Italian build part one</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[It started with tapware — solid brass, handmade by a British metalworker in Italy's tap-making heartland around Lake Orta. That find opened a door onto a network of artisans working metal by hand. Together, custom design and craft pared the finishes down into a modern take on the Tuscan farmhouse, set in the city.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The everyday revolution</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laith Wark]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 08:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[At this year's Met Gala, Bhavitha Mandava turned heads in what appeared to be jeans and a tank top. Beneath the simplicity: silk muslin and hundreds of hours of atelier work. Effort to appear effortless. The best outdoor spaces work exactly the same way.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Money Trees</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laith Wark]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 23:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Trees are one of the most powerful value multipliers available to a developer — yet they are routinely restricted because of subjective opinions, not evidence based. This post looks explains the value urban canopy delivers in amenity value, market positioning, cultural resonance, and master development premiums. The numbers are compelling.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Resilience! Urban Trees and the Community</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[A healthy tree in a city under stress reassures us that city systems are functioning. In the Gulf, where every tree depends on desalination, wastewater recycling, and citywide irrigation infrastructure, maintaining that green canopy is not an amenity question — it is a measure of urban resilience, and a signal of institutional confidence.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Position Available! Landscape Architect</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laith Wark]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Join our Florence-based studio to bring sustainability to high profile landscape architecture projects across the Middle East. Collaborate with the Principal Designer to develop concept designs and craft compelling presentations. Hybrid role with strong growth potential in a global design-led practice.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Great views with trees</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[The idea that trees block views is one of the most costly myths in development. The opposite is true. A well-designed canopy creates the layering that transforms a distant landmark into a view worth paying for — framing what should be seen, filtering what should not.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Show doing, not stuff</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laith Wark]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For anyone who wants to understand how a landscape design would perform in reality.  Ask your designers for renderings showing people. Look closely at the people, what they are doing, are they having a good time?]]></description>
		
		
		
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