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This special section reviews current architecturaltrends in Dubai. The generic glass and steel tower hasbecome an icon of the architectural style of Dubai. InDubai architecture is either enormous or gigantean,some architectural masterpieces but most architecturalnightmares. Talk to an architect about Dubai and themost likely reaction you will get is disdain. Yet, murmursof change are occurring, more and more projects arefocusing on the context in which they are set in and tryingto come to grips with how you build the modern in thedesert. Islamic architectural heritage is now also seepinginto many of the designs. Dubai is beginning to think notonly in terms of speed, economic efficiency and becomingthe biggest and the “best”. But increasingly those in Dubaiare thinking about what there buildings say about themand about Dubai as a place. Architectural descriptions ofmajor projects focus increasingly on the way the buildinginteracts with its surroundings and the materials it uses.Dubai may finally be starting to grapple with the issue ofbeing a modern city in the Arabian Desert.
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