Places

Shepard Fairey Murals, d3

Two facing walls by the artist behind Obama's 'Hope' poster — his first murals in the Middle East, a peace dove and a fist holding a flower.

Dubai

Souk Al Bahar

An Arabesque 'sailor's market' of stone arches and lanterns on Burj Lake, linked to Dubai Mall by a bridge with the best fountain view.

Dubai

Souk Madinat Jumeirah

A recreated Arabian town of wind towers, lantern-lit lanes and abra-plied canals, framing the Burj Al Arab across the water.

Dubai

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.

Dubai

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'.

Dubai

The Fashion Catwalk

A kinetic LED "chandelier" of five choreographed rings above the Fashion Avenue atrium — with a runway that rises from the floor.

Dubai

The Waterfall (Human Waterfall)

A four-storey indoor cascade of diving figures — Dubai's pearl-diving past, cast in fibreglass and falling water.

Dubai

Treasury Dome, Gold Souk

A 25-metre projection dome that crowns the world's largest indoor gold souk with ever-changing multimedia.

Dubai

Wings of Mexico (Alas de México), Dubai

Jorge Marín's monumental bronze angel wings — stand between them and the Burj Khalifa frames the shot.

Dubai

Djerbahood, Erriadh

An open-air street-art museum painted onto a Djerban village where three faiths have lived together for centuries.

Tunis

Hotel Sidi Driss, Matmata

A troglodyte pit-dwelling that became Luke Skywalker's childhood home — and is still a working hotel.

Tunis

Ksar Hadada

A Berber granary-turned-hotel that played the main slave-quarters streets of Mos Espa.

Tunis

Ksar Ouled Soltane, Tataouine

A fortified Berber granary of honeycombed vaults — mud-brick architecture that reads like another planet.

Tunis

Mos Espa Film Set, Ong Jmal

A purpose-built Star Wars town in the sand near Tozeur — and a reference point for real dune science.

Tunis