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Don’t miss Transmaterial 3 author Blaine Brownell’s op-ed in the 12 March edition of the New York Times.

Every year more than hundred mosques are to be built all over Europe. This leads to controversies and misunderstandings. In Euro Islam Architecture: New Mosques in the West, Christian Welzbacher writes about the consequences of this development for architecture and society. Welzbacher speaks about the subject of his book in this video.

Architecture student Magnus Larsson details his bold plan to transform the harsh Sahara desert using bacteria and a surprising construction material: the sand itself.