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Dubai's Technosphere Is a Biological Bubble With a Twist

In the face of a flailing economy and dwindling tourist dollars, Dubai presses on--this time with the Death Star-like Technosphere, a solar-powered biological bubble that will simulate the effects of climate change. The massive ...READ»

Dubai - Reach for the Stars

The Burj Dubai does raise some interesting questions about the values and economic principles underpinning this strange city.READ»

Vertical Village Brings Energy-Efficient Gaudiness to Dubai

In the United Arab Emirates, Dubai has always maintained a reputation as the center of excess and oil money gone awry, while Abu Dhabi's Masdar City has emerged as the UAE's sustainable core. But Dubai's developers might be ...READ»

Zero-Emissions Masdar City Gets Persian Gulf's First Geothermal Facility

Masdar City, a planned zero-emissions cleantech hub in the middle of Abu Dhabi, announced this weekend that it will raise between $300 and $500 million. Today Masdar announced even more significant news--the city is building the ...READ»

Bye-Bye, Dubai

Not long ago, Dubai emerged as a symbol of crazed civic ambition, a once-quiet desert burg suddenly superheated by cheap capital. That's over.READ»

LAVA's Vision for Abu Dhabi's Sustainable Masdar City Center

Dubai's reign as a "symbol of crazed civic ambition" is over, but the United Arab Emirates is still planning to play host to Masdar City, the first large-scale carbon-neutral development in the world. Now the UAE has selected ...READ»

Universal Studios Dubailand: A Case Study on the Rise and Fall of Dubai

They had everything they needed: Space, money, time, workers, tourists, big brands, and, perhaps most importantly, hype. Just a few years ago, the developers of Dubailand--an enormous $64 billion, 107-square-mile mega-theme ...READ»

Off the Deep End: A Look at the Decline of Dubai

Deserts have a way of reclaiming whatever is built upon them. In the case of Dubai, the global financial implosion has sent that process into overdrive. After six years of frenzied expansion, during which the population grew at 7% annually and nearly $600 billion went into construction, reality has come rushing into view.READ»

UAE, Country With World's Largest Carbon Footprint, to Host HQ for International Renewable Energy Agency (Updated)

The United Arab Emirates has the largest per capita carbon footprint of any country in the world, contains artificial islands, a ski dome in the middle of the desert, and will soon boast the first air-conditioned beach. In general, ...READ»

The Bright Side of Global Warming: Dredging Opportunities

Most companies are cowering in fear at the thought of unpredictable global-warming-related weather events, but the dredging industry, at least, is set to benefit from rising seas. The Flemish newspaper Gazet van Antwerpen reports ...READ»

The UAE's Not Dead Yet: Three Stunning Buildings Near Completion [UPDATED]

Images of the futuristic architecture being planned for Dubai and Abu Dhabi conjure an era before the economic meltdown--what will happen to all those construction cranes sitting prone in the desert now? It turns out that a ...READ»

Emirates Launches World's Longest Green Flight

Yesterday, Emirates Airlines launched what it calls the world's longest "green" flight -- a new service from Dubai to San Francisco that saves an estimated 2,000 gallons of fuel and 30,000 pounds of carbon emissions on the 16-hour ...READ»

Eight Tips for Doing Business in Dubai

Hot or not (the weather, not you) in Dubai, a suit and tie is de rigeur for anyone associated with a resort. Since the whole emirate is more or less a resort, that dress code applies to everyone else as well. Women in Dubai on ...READ»

Doing Business in Dubai: Dos and Don'ts

Eight tips for good etiquette and cultural propriety.READ»

• From Wall Street to Dubai

From Wall Street to Dubai

Diary of a tech entrepreneur's adventures in the hot zone.READ»

• Eight Tips for Doing Business in Dubai
• What the Wall Street Crisis Means for Big Tech
• How Wall Street's Meltdown Will Affect Your Career
• Wall Street and the New Startup Economy

The World's First Moving (Not Just Rotating!) Building

An 80-storey (420-metre tall) moving building is slated to be built in Dubai, with apartments that will spin 360 degrees at voice command, according to the BBC. Talk about innovative… 79 horizontally placed wind turbines ...READ»

Back From Dubai

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»