One of the aspects about Dubai which struck me most forcefully, was the sense of competition. Not only is it competition within Dubai, but also Dubai's determination to be the "most _____" city in the world. You can, I would suggest, fill in almost any adjective you like, and you would not be far off the mark. Here is a place which wasn't even important enough to be included in the ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA -WORLD ALTLAS of 1958. In the LIFE PICTORIAL ATLAS OF 1961, it is mentioned in the index as Dubayy with a
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Seen from the Fishing Harbour . . . . . . this competition appears in at least three of the taller...
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A glass pyramid building From a somewhat greater distance, it is the pyramid which dominates the...
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Everywhere around Dubai . . . . . . cranes can be seen indicating the amount of new construction going on....
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Whether intended to be single or . . . . . . multiple, their architectural details are intended to impress....
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Even the smaller units . . . . . . vie for our notice. Being, dare I say it, less pompous than...
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Still, with such a setting, . . . . . . it is hard to fail. Photo Georgia Hess
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It is difficult, completely, to avoid . . . some rectangular element when designing a building, but, with some...
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Various elements will lead . . . . . . the viewer's eye from one point of interest to another....
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A part of the skyline of Dubai
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A 'little' (?) - one-family-building. A recurring, visual motif that I had noticed, particularly in Dubai, was the...
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Fresh water in this dry country, . . . . . . had to be protected by those who owned it had to be protected...
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But even though defending one's . ., . source of water is no longer necessary, the castle-like echoes remain....
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Once more, symbolic castle walls. The historically necessary walls remain as a motif anchored in the...
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The public beach, a marina and, . . . . . . beyond that, the Burj (tower) al Arab which refers back to the local...
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Interesting reflections and odd angles The Burj al Arab is reflected in the van's window. Still another,...
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The Jumeira Beach Hotel
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The Burj Kalifa . . . . . . in the distance,despite its slender and unimposing lightness,...
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Wen are on our way to the desert -- . . . and, I have not had a drop of alcohol to drink, still, when we...
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A building which "snuggles up" -- . . . on the left and avoids to be close to the flagpole on the right?...
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One last picture of this same -- . . . willful jokester, leaning over, it appears this time, in the other...
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And then, at last, a very simple house . . . constructed in the old, traditional way, a shelter rather than a...
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How great to see some older houses - - even if only in a musem. Unlike the house shown in the previous...
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