Foster, BIG and Grimshaw reveal designs for 2020 Dubai Expo pavilions
Foster + Partners, BIG and Grimshaw Architects have won a competition to design a trio of pavilions for the 2020 Expo, which will be held in Dubai. More
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Amanda Levete wins competition to design mosque for Abu Dhabi's World Trade Center
Amanda Levete's London studio AL_A has won an invited competition to create a mosque as part of the Foster + Partners-designed World Trade Center Abu Dhabi development. More
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Nap Bar in Dubai invites visitors to sleep on soft pebble-shaped seats
French furniture brand Smarin has created a temporary installation of soft dune-shaped lounge chairs, designed to encourage visitors to stop and take a nap (+ slideshow). More
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Calatrava wins contest for observation tower in Dubai harbour
Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava has won a competition to design an observation tower for Dubai – a landmark that aims to rival the 828-metre-high Burj Khalifa. More
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Foster + Partners unveils design for crystalline skyscraper now underway in Dubai
Work has begun on a chamfered glass skyscraper designed by Foster + Partners for Dubai's financial district, which will offer occupants views of the world's tallest building. More
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Huge fire breaks out at Atkins-designed Dubai skyscraper
A fire has engulfed The Address Downtown Dubai hotel tower near the Burj Khalifa, ahead of New Year's Eve celebrations. More
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Global Grad Show brought "groundbreaking" student work from around the world to Dubai
Movie: in our next movie for Dubai Design Week, Global Grad Show curator Brendan McGetrick explains why it was important to present an exhibition of student projects at Dubai's inaugural design festival. More
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Abwab pavilions "empower design" from the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia
Movie: Abwab creative director Rawan Kashkoush describes how pavilions showcased the "differences and nuances" of design from the United Arab Emirates and surrounding countries, in this movie produced by Dezeen for Dubai Design Week. More
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Inaugural Dubai Design Week will "open doors" for the design industry in the region
Movie: Cyril Zammit of Art Dubai explains how the inaugural Dubai Design Week aims to establish the city as a global design centre, in the first movie from a series produced by Dezeen for Dubai Design Week. More
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Dubai to fight fires in world's tallest skyscrapers using jetpacks
Dubai, home to the world's tallest skyscraper, will use jetpack-equipped firefighters in high-rise emergencies as early as next year. More
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"Long journey" ahead for Dubai's growing design scene
In the space of three years, Dubai has started two annual trade fairs, opened a dedicated design district and hosted its inaugural design week. Dezeen investigates how and why the city is trying to become a global design centre. More
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Dubai experiencing "boom 2.0" as construction projects soar
Dubai is undergoing its "next wave of development" after bouncing back from the 2008 financial crisis, according to architects in the region. More
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Dubai Design Week to showcase student work from RCA, ÉCAL and more in Global Grad Show
The inaugural Dubai Design Week will feature projects from 10 international design schools including London's Royal College of Art and Swiss college ÉCAL for its future-themed Global Grad Show (+ slideshow). More
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Foster + Partners to build hipster village in Dubai
Foster + Partners has revealed its plans for a creative community in Dubai modelled on the fashionable neighbourhoods of New York's Meatpacking District and east London's Shoreditch. More
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Zaha Hadid reveals animation of desert HQ for waste management company
Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed a new movie showing the studio's proposal for a sand-dune-inspired building that will be the new headquarters for Middle Eastern environmental company Bee'ah (+ movie). More
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Dubai unveils vision for Museum of the Future to showcase innovation in design
An oval museum filled with robots and other technological inventions has been scheduled for construction in Dubai (+ movie). More
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Fire devastates Dubai's 336-metre Torch skyscraper
News: residents of one of the tallest residential skyscrapers in the world have been gradually returning to their homes after a fire that caused more than a thousand people to be evacuated. More
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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
