18b Street Murals, Karama
Twenty-four murals above the 'handbag street' souk — 3D illusions, falcons and a floating green pickup, painted over one hot summer.
Dubai
Alif — The Mobility Pavilion
Foster + Partners' gleaming stainless-steel trefoil, with three cantilevered petals and the world's largest passenger lift.
Camel Family
Three life-size bronze camels resting under a starry dome — Donald Greig's welcome to the mall's Gold Souk.
Declaration by eL Seed
A 30-metre ribbon of bright pink Arabic calligraffiti outside Dubai Opera — a quote you can walk through and climb on.
DubaiDino
A real 155-million-year-old Diplodocus skeleton, 24 metres long, standing in the middle of the mall.
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.
Neon City Light Installation
A three-storey kinetic light show of the Chinese zodiac by Jason Bruges Studio, at the heart of Chinatown.
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.
The Waterfall (Human Waterfall)
A four-storey indoor cascade of diving figures — Dubai's pearl-diving past, cast in fibreglass and falling water.
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