ADGM Building (Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange)
A glass hall the size of a football pitch, lifted 27 metres into the air on four granite piers above a circular pool.
Abu Dhabi
Abrahamic Family House
A mosque, a church and a synagogue as three identical 30-metre cubes — equality argued in Omani limestone.
Al Ain Oasis & the Falaj Channels
147,000 date palms watered by channels dug three thousand years ago — and still running.
Al Fay Park
The Middle East's first urban biodiversity park — 2,000 native trees, textile canopies, and a hundred-per-cent birdsong guarantee.
Al Gurm Corniche & Eastern Mangroves Promenade
3.5 kilometres of continuous shade pushed six metres out over the water, facing the mangrove forest.
Al Maryah Island Waterfront Promenade
A financial district with a waterside walk around its edge — planned to ring the whole island at 5.4 kilometres.
The Liwa Desert
The northern edge of the Rub' al Khali — the largest continuous sand sea on Earth.
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