UAE then and now: Burj Al Arab, the hotel that introduced Dubai to the world
UAE then and now: Burj Al Arab, the hotel that introduced Dubai to the world
Today, life in the Emirates moves in the fast lane. In a new regular series to mark the 50th anniversary of the UAE we take a little trip back in time and see just how much the country has changed.
The brief was simple: deliver a building that would introduce Dubai to the world. Just as Sydney had its Opera House and New York the Empire State Building, Dubai needed a structure that would become synonymous with the city. That was the task handed to British architect Tom Wright in the early 1990s.
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