Category Archives: Architecture

Burj Khalifa

Thursday 20th October 2016 From whatever angle you look, the magnificent Burj Khalifa is outstanding. It’s architecture, dimensions, finishing, aesthetic all combine effortlessly. Glimmering in the city’s perpetual sunrays, the steel and glass tower stands as the proud centerpiece of … Continue reading

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Dubai Future Foundation in 3D Print

Monday 17th October 2016 Breaking records and being ‘the first’ is in the DNA of this city Dubai, no doubt about it. After hearing a while ago about a building in my neighbouhood generated then built from a 3D printer … Continue reading

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Colours: Dubai in Autumn

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A very welcome coolness kicks in when Autumn comes round each year to bring relief to our collective, overheated flesh, in those of us living in Dubai. With this season comes a marked reduction in not only temperatures and humidity … Continue reading

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Burj Khalifa & Surrounds

Springtime in Dubai. Sunny, smog-free (miraculously), sharp blue skies and even sharper architecture outlined and clearly defined as the sun descends to the horizon upon the Arabian Gulf. However from where I am standing the Gulf is far away, for I … Continue reading

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Burj Al Arab

Dubai brings extraordinary ambition in the form of exciting architectural fetes and structural engineering not seen in other parts of the world. When money does not preclude the realization of imagination, the only thing stopping the construction of a building … Continue reading

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Australia Day in Dubai

Welcome to the twenty sixth day of January, 2013. It is today that Australians world wide celebrate a kinship with their native land; a mateship felt toward fellow Aussies; and a love of being proudly knows as Australian. Of course the … Continue reading

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30 Days of Gratefulness-Ramadan Part 22 Architecture of a Mosque Pt I

I do not claim to have visited many mosques, however the ones that I have passed while walking the streets of any Middle Eastern city during my jaunts, and the ones I was lucky enough to enter, seem to own common … Continue reading

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Downtown Dubai-Burj Khalifa

Like petals from a stem, the Burj Khalifa’s wings extend from its central core. This building is a work of art, and as beautiful inside as it is out. It has come to symbolize this city, built but a generation ago, … Continue reading

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30 Days of Gratefulness-Ramadan Part 11: Locomotion

Come, escort me as I beat a path across town… Firstly I must decide against laziness: definitely the stairs, then… Next my will is tested: do I knock on the door? What on earth is this otherworldly contraption planted in the … Continue reading

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30 Days of Gratefulness-Ramadan Pt 9: Spirituality

We all seek happiness. Some say it is inside of us …some look for it outside in the external world. The sages say that a man’s life is always chasing after knowledge, devotion and acievement and a healthy balance between … Continue reading

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