The world's largest underwater hotel is being planned for Dubai, with rooms both on the seabed and on stilts above the surface (+ slideshow). More about Water Discus underwater hotel by Deep Ocean Technology
Here are some photos of the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa by Chicago office Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, which opened in Dubai earlier this month. More about Burj Khalifa by SOM
Dezeenwire: the world's tallest building, the Burj Dubai, opens in Dubai today - BBC
Since Dubai has been in the news a lot recently, here are our ten most popular stories about projects in Dubai. Guess what? Karim Rashid is at number one with his Switch Restaurant (above). More about Dezeen's top ten: Dubai projects
Designer Karim Rashid has completed the interior of a restaurant in Dubai, UAE. More about Switch Restaurant by Karim Rashid
Dutch architects UNStudio have sent us these images of a planned arts and retail complex in Dubai, UAE, to include the Museum of Middle Eastern Modern Art. More about Museum of Middle Eastern Modern Art by UNStudio
Architects Chris Bosse and Tobias Wallisser of Laboratory for Visionary Architecture Asia Pacific (LAVA) have unveiled Michael Schumacher World Champion Tower at the Cityscape property fair in Dubai. More about Michael Schumacher World Champion Tower by LAVA
Architects Woods Bagot have designed a kilometre-high tower for developer Nakheel in Dubai. More about Nakheel Harbour & Tower by Woods Bagot
X–Architects of Dubai have designed an urban complex called Xeritown that aims to be a more sustainable mode of development than recent projects in the emirate. More about Xeritown by X–Architects
Zaha Hadid Architects have developed designs for a new opera house and cultural centre for Dubai. More about Dubai Opera House by Zaha Hadid
Office for Metropolitan Architecture have completed the masterplan for Waterfront City, a new city proposed for Dubai. More about Waterfront City masterplan by OMA
OMA in the Middle East: Office for Metropolitan Architecture have sent over a few more images of Dubai Renaissance, a 300m-tall rotating skyscraper. More about Dubai Renaissance by OMA 2
OMA in the Middle East: Office for Metropolitan Architecture have sent us some new renderings, plans and sections of Porsche Design Towers I and II, which they are jointly designing with Porsche Design. More about Porsche Design Towers by OMA/Porsche Design
Dubai Renaissance is a building designed last year by Rem Koolhaas and Fernando Donis of OMA as an entry for a competition for iconic central feature at Business Bay in Dubai. OMA lost the competition to Zaha Hadid's Dancing Towers project, but now OMA is negotiating to build the structure at another site in the Emirate. More about Dubai Renaissance by OMA
Live from Dubai: Sheikh Majed Al Sabah, founder and chief executive of Kuwaiti fashion retailer Villa Moda, has unveiled designs for a new store in Dubai by Spanish designer Jaime Hayón. More about Jaime Hayón for Villa Moda in Dubai
Live from Dubai: Rem Koolhaas has launched Al Manakh, a book described as the first comprehensive guide to architecture and urban design in the The Gulf. More about Koolhaas launches Al Manakh in Dubai
We are heading for Dubai today to cover the International Design Forum, which starts on Sunday. We will bring you as much live coverage of the event as we can, plus there will be more to say when we get back no doubt. Keep an eye on our blog for the IDF for updates.
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Italian experimental architecture company Dynamic Architecture has proposed a revolving sustainable skyscraper for Dubai powered by wind turbines placed between each floor. More about Dynamic Architecture in Dubai
The Opus, a mixed-use commercial and retail development in Dubai designed by Zaha Hadid, is being launched in London today. More about The Opus by Zaha Hadid
Dezeen has created an interactive map showing the major projects by leading architects in the Gulf states of the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. More about Dezeen map of architecture in the Gulf