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Where the Bridge Has No Name

Dubai, like Las Vegas, is a city of excess in the middle of a desert. But with the ungodly height of the 159-story (and growing) Burj Dubai, the unnatural symmetry of The Palm Jumeirah islands and the unabashed extravagance of the ...READ»

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Design in Dubai: Future Shock on the Gulf

If you enjoy the smog of LA, the traffic of Washington DC’s Beltway at rush hour, the blistering heat of Orlando in August, the retail pizzazz of the Mall of America, the cultural attractions of Midland, Texas, and the sensitive ...READ»

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Design in Dubai: Unreal Real Estate

Forget strife in the Middle East: The biggest story right now in Dubai is real estate. To start, there's the most mind-boggling housing project is on the planet, the The Palm, the luxury home development made by dredging sand from ...READ»

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sternon & garnet - Real Estate Developers

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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»

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Sternon Magic Hills - Real Estate Developers

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A Guide to Dubai 4 Star Hotels

Dubai is a hub of luxury hotels and there are many 3 star, 4 star and 5 star hotels, located in the beach areas as well as other strategic areas of Dubai. The 4 star hotels in Dubai are world class luxury hotels, offer facilities like ...READ»

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Doing Business in Dubai: Dos and Don'ts

Eight tips for good etiquette and cultural propriety.READ»

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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»

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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»

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World's Tallest Fail! The Burj Khalifa Is Temporarily Closed

The Dubai skyscraper had only been open for about a month when it was unexpectedly shuttered.READ»

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Abu Dhabi Bailed Out Dubai - - Is the World is Next?

They hope to invest in companies that make their economy more efficient. READ»

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Abu Dhabi and Dubai Ports to be Connected Via Rail

Dubai's bankruptcy hasn't stopped the United Arab Emirates from making multi-billion-dollar infrastructure investments.READ»

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Burj Dubai: Skyscraper and Storm Destroyer?

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»

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Crunchy Zoo Aviary Looks Like a Geodesic Hackysack

Who says architectural nuttiness is going out of style?READ»

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Stengthening Brand America: Interview with Edward Burghard

Earlier this year, we conducted a survey of emerging leaders and presented the results in our America State of the Union 2009 report. We covered the ideal traits of America, including opportunity, innovation, diversity, and ...READ»

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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»

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Today, Burj Khalifa Is the Tallest Structure in the World (Or Is It?)

The Oz-like Burj Khalifa in Dubai officially opened today, succeeding Taipei 101 as the world's tallest building. There is no disputing its preposterous height: At 169 stories, or 2,717 feet, the $1.5 billion tower on the edge of ...READ»

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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»

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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»

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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»

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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»

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Sternon Panvel - Real Estate Developers

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Wiring a Smart City in the Desert

Is Dubai the world’s smartest city? Maybe not in the sense that it mortgaged long-term infrastructure with $100 billion in very short-term debt, but “smart” in a way IBM, Cisco and other tech heavyweights would be envious ...READ»