Al Jaddaf Dhow Building Yard
Dubai's last working dhow yard on the Creek, where craftsmen still build wooden ships by hand as they have for a century.
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Al Sheraa Heritage Area
A 200-year-old mosque and one of the UAE's most important archaeological sites, in the heart of old Hatta.
Burj Khalifa
The world's tallest building and the world's largest LED screen
Concrete by OMA
Rem Koolhaas's first building in the UAE — four warehouses fused into a shape-shifting arts space with pivoting walls and a sprayed-concrete skin.
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.
Jameel Arts Centre Desert Gardens
Seven courtyards by Anouk Vogel, each a different desert of the world — sculptural plants on pink terrazzo, some rescued and three centuries old.
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.
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