Apple Store Solar Wings
A Foster + Partners kinetic mashrabiya of 340 carbon-fibre rods that open at dusk toward the Burj Khalifa.
Dubai
Burj Khalifa
The world's tallest building and the world's largest LED screen
Chinatown, The Dubai Mall
The UAE's first Chinatown — a designed immersive district of moon gates, lantern streets and neon, by Kokaistudios.
DubaiDino
A real 155-million-year-old Diplodocus skeleton, 24 metres long, standing in the middle of the mall.
LOVE ME
Richard Hudson's five-metre mirror-polished heart, aligned so the Burj Khalifa lands on its surface.
Neon City Light Installation
A three-storey kinetic light show of the Chinese zodiac by Jason Bruges Studio, at the heart of Chinatown.
The Fashion Catwalk
A kinetic LED "chandelier" of five choreographed rings above the Fashion Avenue atrium — with a runway that rises from the floor.
The Waterfall (Human Waterfall)
A four-storey indoor cascade of diving figures — Dubai's pearl-diving past, cast in fibreglass and falling water.
Treasury Dome, Gold Souk
A 25-metre projection dome that crowns the world's largest indoor gold souk with ever-changing multimedia.
Wings of Mexico (Alas de México), Dubai
Jorge Marín's monumental bronze angel wings — stand between them and the Burj Khalifa frames the shot.
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