Address Sky View — The Sky Bridge
A three-storey sky bridge slung 220 metres above Downtown, joining twin towers with a cantilevered glass Skywalk and infinity pool.
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Al Wasl Plaza Dome
A 130-metre steel trellis dome at the heart of Expo City — the world's largest 360-degree projection surface, glowing translucent at night.
Alif — The Mobility Pavilion
Foster + Partners' gleaming stainless-steel trefoil, with three cantilevered petals and the world's largest passenger lift.
Burj Khalifa
The world's tallest building and the world's largest LED screen
Dubai Water Canal Waterfall
A curtain of illuminated water pouring off the Sheikh Zayed Road bridge — that parts automatically to let boats glide through.
Hatta Sign
Giant 19.28-metre letters on a Hajar Mountain ridge — the world's tallest landmark sign, taller than Hollywood's, reachable only on foot.
IMAGINE, Dubai Festival City
A Guinness-record light, water and fire show on Festival Bay — lasers, fountains and 36 storeys of projection mapping on the InterContinental.
Infinity Bridge
A 42-metre steel arch bent into the mathematical symbol for infinity, spanning Dubai Creek at its historic mouth.
Meydan Bridge
An undulating wave of a bridge that dissolves after dark into an unbroken ribbon of royal-blue neon across the desert.
Mohammed Bin Rashid Library
A seven-storey building in the shape of a rehal — the wooden book rest for the Quran — opened like a book above Dubai Creek.
Surreal, Expo City
A four-storey ring of waterfalls by WET Design where water flows upward and a circle of hydrogen fire burns at the centre, scored by the Game of Thrones composer.
Terra — The Sustainability Pavilion
Grimshaw's 130-metre solar canopy — a great steel tree that harvests its own energy and water, ringed by rotating 'Energy Trees'.
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