Zabeel Park is getting a building that looks like it landed from somewhere gentler.
Therme Dubai β "Islands in the Sky" β will be the region's largest urban wellness resort: hanging gardens, thermal pools, a rainforest above the traffic.
A city famous for speed is quietly building a temple to slowness.
Therme Dubai β "Islands in the Sky" β will be the region's largest urban wellness resort: hanging gardens, thermal pools, a rainforest above the traffic.
A city famous for speed is quietly building a temple to slowness.
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By December, cash in Dubai becomes a souvenir.
The official target: 90% of every transaction in the city β public and private β digital by the end of 2026. Parking meters already stopped taking coins.
Most cities debate the future of money. This one set a deadline for it.
The official target: 90% of every transaction in the city β public and private β digital by the end of 2026. Parking meters already stopped taking coins.
Most cities debate the future of money. This one set a deadline for it.
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The most profitable airline on Earth doesn't fly from New York or London.
Emirates just closed the best year in its history β $41 billion in revenue, record profit, record cash.
Forty years ago, it started with two borrowed planes.
Some cities have an airline. This one built an empire that flies.
Emirates just closed the best year in its history β $41 billion in revenue, record profit, record cash.
Forty years ago, it started with two borrowed planes.
Some cities have an airline. This one built an empire that flies.
Dubai is building a second Palm β and the first one was just the rehearsal.
Palm Jebel Ali: twice the size of Palm Jumeirah, 91 kilometres of new beachfront, room for 35,000 families and 80 hotels.
The first keys are handed over this year.
Twenty years from now, "early" will mean today.
Palm Jebel Ali: twice the size of Palm Jumeirah, 91 kilometres of new beachfront, room for 35,000 families and 80 hotels.
The first keys are handed over this year.
Twenty years from now, "early" will mean today.
The world's most famous fountain was rebuilt from the lakebed up β and now its show is being rewritten.
New intelligent lighting, water shot higher than ever, choreography redesigned from scratch: the biggest reinvention since it first danced in 2009.
Some icons retire. In Dubai, they upgrade.
New intelligent lighting, water shot higher than ever, choreography redesigned from scratch: the biggest reinvention since it first danced in 2009.
Some icons retire. In Dubai, they upgrade.
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Dubai's next megaproject isn't a tower. It's a footpath β 6,500 kilometres of it.
The Dubai Walk masterplan will thread the entire city together for pedestrians, with the first 112 kilometres ready by 2027.
The city that built for cars is quietly redesigning itself for people.
The Dubai Walk masterplan will thread the entire city together for pedestrians, with the first 112 kilometres ready by 2027.
The city that built for cars is quietly redesigning itself for people.
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Deep in the desert, Dubai runs the largest single-site solar park on the planet.
The Mohammed bin Rashid Solar Park keeps growing toward 5,000 megawatts β enough to power well over a million homes.
In the land everyone associates with oil, the biggest power plant runs on light.
The Mohammed bin Rashid Solar Park keeps growing toward 5,000 megawatts β enough to power well over a million homes.
In the land everyone associates with oil, the biggest power plant runs on light.
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