Five useful ideas from the World Cup of Drones
We've picked five of the best realised prototypes and proposed uses for unmanned aerial vehicles from Dubai's World Cup of Drones. More
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Carlo Ratti's Cloud Cast directs a cooling mist over passersby
This ceiling-mounted installation by Italian architect Carlo Ratti uses motion tracking to direct personalised "clouds" of water vapour at anyone walking beneath. More
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Zaha Hadid designs dune-inspired headquarters for environmental firm
News: Zaha Hadid has designed a building shaped like a field of sand dunes to house the headquarters of Middle Eastern environmental company Bee'ah. More
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Dubai plans to build world's tallest twin towers
News: the massive 6 million-square-metre Dubai Creek Harbour development launched this week will include a pair of record-breaking towers, according to the developers. More
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Rogers Stirk Harbour unveils waterfront skyscrapers for first Middle East job
News: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has revealed its first-ever project in the Middle East – a row of four waterfront skyscrapers underway in Abu Dhabi. More
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Zaha Hadid reveals interiors for ME Dubai Hotel
News: architect Zaha Hadid has designed the interior for a hotel inside her Opus development in Dubai, which will feature sculptural balconies and her installation for this year's London Design Festival (+ slideshow). More
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World's first climate-controlled city set for construction in Dubai
News: not content with playing host to the tallest building in the world, Dubai has unveiled plans for the world's first indoor city – a temperature-controlled mega resort featuring a retractable glass roof and the world's largest shopping centre. More
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Abu Dhabi plaza by Martha Schwartz Partners features teardrop-shaped landscaping
Landscape architecture firm Martha Schwartz Partners references Bedouin carpets and sand dunes in teardrop-shaped landscaping for a green retreat in the centre of an Abu Dhabi business district (+ slideshow). More
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Google Street View captures inside the world's tallest skyscraper
News: Google Street View has captured the inside of its first skyscraper, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, allowing users to virtually explore the tallest building in the world. More
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SOM completes twisted skyscraper in Dubai
News: Burj Khalifa architect Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM) has added another skyscraper to the Dubai skyline with the completion of the twisted Cayan Tower. More
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Water Discus underwater hotel by Deep Ocean Technology
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
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The Souk, Abu Dhabi Central Market by Foster + Partners
Foster + Partners have completed a new shopping centre that combines high-end boutiques with independent local food and craft markets on the site of a historic city marketplace in Abu Dhabi. More
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Masdar Institute campus by Foster + Partners
Foster + Partners have completed the first of a cluster of buildings entirely powered by solar energy at Masdar City, a sustainable urban quarter in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. More
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The Vanishing Mosque by RUX Design for Traffic
Manhattan studio RUX Design have won a competition to design a mosque for the UAE with their open-air plaza called The Vanishing Mosque. More
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Burj Khalifa by SOM
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
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Dubai to open world's tallest building - BBC
Dezeenwire: the world's tallest building, the Burj Dubai, opens in Dubai today - BBC -
Dezeen's top ten: Dubai projects
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
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Switch Restaurant by Karim Rashid
Designer Karim Rashid has completed the interior of a restaurant in Dubai, UAE. More
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Museum of Middle Eastern Modern Art by UNStudio
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
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Michael Schumacher World Champion Tower by LAVA
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
