Category Archives: Architecture

30 Days of Gratefulness-Ramadan Pt 8: Human Endeavours

Posted on July 28, 2012 by Alice

How many records can one city break? Ah, Dubai: the post-modern city springing forth from ancient desert with the greatest this, the tallest that, the biggest brightest and shiniest everything!! Be it Mall (biggest – the Dubai Mall), or Tower (tallest … Continue reading →

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30 Days of Gratefulness-Ramadan Pt 5: Sky

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Alice

Same sky above me, but what an assortment of canopies! Still no matter where I look up from; whichever patch of earth my feet are planted – be it the aerotropolis of Dubai, the marbled Pantheons of Classical Greece or the castaway … Continue reading →

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30 Days of Gratefulness – Ramadan Part 4: Modern Architecture

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Alice

Today in Dubai a remarkable heat came over the city. A torrid dog day afternoon blaze beat down on my head as I walked the kilometer home, from Dubai Mall to DIFC – the Dubai International Financial Centre, after meeting friend Anne … Continue reading →

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Airplane over Yas – Part I

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Alice

I fell deeply in love with international travel the instant I was provided with unrestricted access to various destinations world wide, thanks to benefits bestowed upon me, the spouse of an employee of a major international airline. Notwithstanding the sheer corporal pleasures … Continue reading →

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Ramadan Kareem

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Alice

The Holy Month of Ramandan is almost upon us; mere days till piety takes priority and drives behaviours that are geared toward generosity and spreading tangible goodness all round. “Ramadan Kareem!” we all joyously greet each other with here in the Middle East. Its … Continue reading →

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The Jetsons

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Alice

Seven months into 2012, so shouldn’t we all be traveling around in flying cars by now?  That was the prediction in the Jetsons cartoon tv show. Set in 2062 the futuristic series – first produced by Hanna-Barbera in 1962 – depicts … Continue reading →

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Burj Khalifa

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Alice

The Burj Khalifa is certainly easy on the well-shaded eye. All who come to be near its looming construction become dazzled by its proportions…then become dizzy from all that reflecting glass and beaming sunrays. In the searing sunshine of a Dubai summer, … Continue reading →

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