Burj Dubai

Dude-Bai: Base Jumping the Burj, Brah

BY Alissa Walker | 01-08-2010 | 5:22 PM | DESIGN

Two jumpers took the plunge from the world's new tallest building and lived to star in a video about it.READ MORE›

The Decade's 14 Biggest Design Moments

BY Fast Company Staff | 12-29-2009 | 11:42 AM | WOLFF OLINS

A look back at the last ten years in the design world reveals 14 moments where design changed the way we interacted with technology, culture, sustainability, and ourselves. READ MORE›

Burj Dubai: Skyscraper and Storm Destroyer?

BY Kit Eaton | 12-21-2009 | 10:59 AM | INNOVATION

The Burj Dubai is many things: World's tallest building, financial folly, symbol of mankind's technological triumph, and now, possibly, a mechanism for defusing tropical storms. How on Earth is that possible? It's the chimney ...READ MORE›

Why Starchitect Skyscrapers like Frank Gehry's Beekman Are Getting Chopped

BY Alissa Walker | 03-24-2009 | 2:49 PM | DESIGN

Will a stunted economy leave us with stunted cities? Reduced building heights have become an unfortunate reality for a faltering construction industry, as architects are seeing their projects slashed in half, some ...READ MORE›

The Dazzling Architecture of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

BY Linda Tischler | 02-11-2009 | 8:15 PM | DESIGN

For sheer quantity of dazzling buildings, no firm can match the venerable architectural behemoth Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Known for snazzy corporate headquarters, the firm also designed the elegant Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland, California, and the award-winning LEED Silver masterpiece for the U.S. Census Bureau. In fact, SOM won 54 awards in 2008. Here are five examples from the 54 cities where most of its work is concentrated.READ MORE›

Back From Dubai

BY Ruth Sherman | 03-26-2008 | 6:13 PM | LEADERSHIP

I returned recently from a business trip to Dubai where I worked on a communications project with a private equity company. This is a fascinating country – city-state, really – with many contradictions. Since it is so widely ...READ MORE›