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A New Leaf

SOM completes the UAE’s new Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Manhattan

an expo pavilion with a finned roof structure at Expo 2020 Dubai
Pack Your Misting Fans

Expo 2020 Dubai kicks off with fireworks, famous people, and a falcon-like Calatrava pavilion

Rendering of the Frank Gehry-designed Guggenheim Abu Dhabi. Image Courtesy of Gehry Partners, LLP
Totally Tubular

The long-delayed Guggenheim Abu Dhabi will open in 2025

an installation made from a salt-based cement, which won the 2021 golden lion
Pass the Salt

The UAE wins Golden Lion for best pavilion at the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale

aerial view of a research institute campus
Block Party

Adjaye Associates reveals design for Africa Institute campus in Sharjah, UAE

exterior of a large library building with a sweeping flat roof in an arid climate
One For The Books

Foster + Partners completes House of Wisdom library in Sharjah, UAE

The flying saucer, a round concrete structure shaped like a star
Up, Up, and Away

Sharjah’s Brutalist “Flying Saucer” gets a restoration and site-specific art show

Exterior photo of the Aga Khan prize-winning museum, low-slung and clad in limestone
Khan-tinuing Education

The 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture winners split a $1 million prize

Installation photo of the Fikra Graphic Design Biennial
Modernizing the Middle East

Fikra converts abandoned bank into ground-breaking graphic design event

Spacing Out

BIG to design the world’s largest Mars simulator in the UAE

Fire that engulfs Dubai skyscraper raises questions about safety of exterior cladding practices

Fly through Zaha Hadid’s sand dune-inspired headquarters with this flashy new video rendering

Unveiled> Zaha Hadid designs a net-zero headquarters in the desert that mimics a sand dune

Such Great Heights: CTBUH names world’s best tall buildings

Jean Nouvel–Designed Louvre Abu Dhabi Begins Construction

Architects Propose Carving a Soccer Stadium Into Mountains Near Abu Dhabi

Unveiled> Abu Dhabi’s Second CBD?

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