Places

The Force of Nature II

Lorenzo Quinn's bronze figure swirling a hoop of wind at Katara Amphitheatre.

Doha

The Miraculous Journey

Damien Hirst's fourteen bronze stages of foetal development outside Sidra Medicine.

Doha

The Old Palace at NMoQ

Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim's early twentieth-century residence — restored heart of the National Museum of Qatar.

Doha

Zekreet Fort and Mosque

Beach-rock fort and early twentieth-century mosque on Qatar's western coast — near Richard Serra's desert plates.

Doha

1010 Mural, Satwa

The German artist whose layered colour portals appear to open holes straight through the wall.

Dubai

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

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.

Dubai

Al Fahidi Wind Towers

Dubai's oldest neighbourhood, where coral-stone lanes are crowned with barjeel wind towers — air-conditioning from before electricity.

Dubai

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.

Dubai

Al Seef Promenade

Nearly two kilometres of Dubai Creek waterfront split in two — a re-aged heritage village on one side, glass-and-steel pavilions on the other.

Dubai

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.

Dubai

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.

Dubai

Alex Senna Murals, La Mer

Black-and-white silhouette figures reaching from shadow toward light — permanent works by the colour-blind Brazilian muralist.

Dubai

Alif — The Mobility Pavilion

Foster + Partners' gleaming stainless-steel trefoil, with three cantilevered petals and the world's largest passenger lift.

Dubai

Apple Store Solar Wings

A Foster + Partners kinetic mashrabiya of 340 carbon-fibre rods that open at dusk toward the Burj Khalifa.

Dubai

Arabian Stallion, Gold Souk

A bronze Arabian horse guarding the south entrance of the Gold Souk — heritage counterpart to the camels up north.

Dubai

Bedouin Portrait by Vhils

A portrait of a Bedouin carved into the wall with hammer drills and chisels — not painted on, but cut out of the surface.

Dubai

Ben Eine Typography, City Walk

Bold letterforms set high on a wall by the artist whose work a British prime minister gave to the White House.

Dubai

Burj Khalifa

The world's tallest building and the world's largest LED screen

Dubai

Camel Family

Three life-size bronze camels resting under a starry dome — Donald Greig's welcome to the mall's Gold Souk.

Dubai

Cayan Tower Helix

The world's tallest 90-degree twisting tower when it opened — a helix by the architects of the Burj Khalifa.

Dubai

Chinatown, The Dubai Mall

The UAE's first Chinatown — a designed immersive district of moon gates, lantern streets and neon, by Kokaistudios.

Dubai

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.

Dubai

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.

Dubai