Grimshaw tops Dubai Expo Sustainability Pavilion with giant "energy tree"
UK studio Grimshaw has designed a pavilion topped with a 135-metre-wide, solar-panel-covered canopy to anchor the sustainability district at the Dubai Expo. More
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Foster + Partners wraps Dubai Expo Mobility Pavilion in stainless steel fins
UK studio Foster + Partners has designed a trefoil-shaped pavilion to anchor the mobility district at the Dubai Expo. More
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JKMM Architects "brings a fragment of Finnish nature to UAE" with Dubai Expo pavilion
Helsinki studio JKMM Architects has created a calm, chapel-like pavilion as the Finnish contribution to Dubai Expo 2020. More
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Carlo Ratti tops Italy Pavilion at Dubai Expo with trio of boats
Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati has created a building that aims to investigate reusable materials and natural cooling for the Italy Pavilion at Dubai Expo 2020. More
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Santiago Calatrava tops UAE Pavilion at Dubai Expo with 28 opening wings
Swiss-Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava has created a pavilion informed by the shape of a falcon's wing for the UAE at the Dubai Expo 2020, which opens today. More
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Santiago Calatrava unveils Qatar Pavilion at Dubai Expo 2020
Swiss-Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava has designed a curved structure that pays homage to Qatar's coat of arms for the country's pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. More
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Es Devlin creates UK Pavilion to represent "culturally diverse Britain" at Dubai Expo
British designer Es Devlin has unveiled a cross-laminated timber pavilion, which is the UK's contribution to the Dubai Expo 2020. More
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Pirajean Lees channels 1920s Japan in ornate Dubai restaurant interior
London practice Pirajean Lees has converted a nightclub in Dubai into a restaurant informed by Japan's jazz age and the grandiose parties of silent film actor Sessue Hayakwa. More
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Dabbagh Architects creates calligraphy-covered contemporary mosque in Dubai
Dubai-based studio Dabbagh Architects has wrapped the Mosque of the Late Mohamed Abdulkhaliq Gargash in UAE in white stone facades containing geometric forms and calligraphy. More
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Calligraphy-covered Museum of the Future nears completion in Dubai
Photos reveal the Museum of the Future in Dubai, which was designed by architecture studio Killa Design and engineered by Buro Happold, with its exterior largely complete. More
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Roar Studio decorates Dubai cafe with terrazzo flooring and broken ceramic tiles
Design office Roar Studio combined industrial materials such as concrete and stainless steel with decorative terrazzo and broken ceramic tiles for Drop Coffee, a cafe in Dubai's Dar Al Wasl Mall. More
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Dubai Expo reveals main pavilions ahead of rescheduled event
The organisers of Expo 2020 Dubai have released images of buildings by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill, Grimshaw and Foster + Partners that will host next year's coronavirus-delayed event. More
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Zayed University students present 10 interior design projects
Graduates from UAE's Zayed University present projects including an Arabic calligraphy centre and a place of worship that challenges "repetitive approaches to mosque design" in this VDF school show. More
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American University in Dubai architecture graduates tackle social issues in the UAE
Fifteen architecture graduates from the American University in Dubai (AUD) present work addressing the living and working conditions of local labour workers and other pressing social concerns in this Virtual Design Festival school show. More
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Zaha Hadid Architects reveals interiors of ME Dubai hotel at the Opus
The newly opened ME Dubai hotel at the Opus by Zaha Hadid Architects features furniture by Zaha Hadid Design and curving sculptural balconies. More
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Expo 2020 Dubai postponed to 2021 due to coronavirus
Expo 2020 Dubai will take place in 2021 after Bureau International des Expositions, the body that awards and overseas World Expos, voted to postpone the event due to coronavirus. More
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Global Grad Show calls for student designs that respond to coronavirus
Dubai's Global Grad Show has announced an open call to universities and students for designs that address critical issues resulting from the coronavirus outbreak. More
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"Instagram-ready" Dubai Creek Footbridge to be built beside world's tallest structure
IJP Architects and structural engineer AKT II have unveiled visuals for a two-storey bridge that will be built beside Santiago Calatrava's Dubai Creek Tower in the UAE. More
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Asif Khan unveils carbon-fibre latticed gates for Dubai Expo 2020
British architecture studio Asif Khan has revealed the Expo Entry Portals, gateways to the Dubai Expo 2020 woven from carbon fibre to create 21-metre-high mashrabiya-style lattices. More
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World's largest 3D-printed building completes in Dubai
Robotic construction company Apis Cor has used its technology to build the world's largest 3D-printed building, a two-storey office in Dubai. More
