weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Miles and miles of modern buildings: not my favorite spot in Dubai, but definitely a factor to recognize: in 30 years, Dubai has elevated itself to the highest rank of cities with an abundance of skyscrapers, figuring presently at place 4, behind Hong Kong, Shenzen and New York City.

In this set, I will show some larger clusters as well as some notable individual buildings, and play with a few reflections on the glass facades of these buildings. Burj Khalifa, the most famous of them all will come in tomorrow's post.

These are just a few of the plethora of pictures I took of the modern buildings. If you are particularly interested in seeing more of these, I invite you to go to my photo-website, click on "....Dubai" on line 6 of the chronological tab and you can see plenty more.

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1 - Ibn Battuta Mall, the world's largest themed shopping mall, with a view through the circular center opening to the downtown buildings

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2 - Facing south on Sheikh Zayed Road (6 traffic lanes each way), elevated train track at left fringed by modern buildings

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3 - Palm trees lining the street and an interesting set of two buildings with vertical blue stripes

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4 - Majestic modern buildings in Downtown, at left note the interestingly colored Emirates Grand Hotel, behind it a building facade reminiscent of a piano keyboard, the tall flower-petal topped building at right is the Rose Rayhaan by Rotana hotel

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5 - Cluster of downtown buildings fronted by a manicured lawn with flower beds and a pond/fountain array

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6 - Interesting modern cluster with a lawn frontage, one twisted silver colored building is still under construction

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7 - Modern buildings with unusual cluster of 3 blue "tubes" at right

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8 - Etisalat Tower by Canadian star-architect Arthur Erickson

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9 - Vertical reflections

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10 - Horizontal reflections

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skipnord Loc: Corcoran, Minnesota

Incredible architecture! Thanks for all your posts.

norm70 Loc: Maine

Great series and interesting subject...Thank for sharing

CWGordon

Fascinating. Interesting images of an ulta-modern city. I might not want to live there (can’t afford it, just one reason), but I would surely love to go there and see how a truly computer-age city (bought largely with last century oil money) works and looks up close.

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you very much Skip for looking in and enjoying my posts! Joe

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you Norm for you kind comment. Joe

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you CW for looking in on my travelogue and your nice comment. I agree with you: I would not want to live there neither, for one thing it is way too hot for me, but it was interesting to visit and to experience the contrast between this ultra-modern new city and the much more earthy (and colorful) old section of town that we will start to visit in a couple of days. As I said in the introduction, there are plenty more shots in my photo-website if you care to look. Joe

Paul J. Svetlik Loc: Colorado

Every time when there is no financial limit, it is easy to forget the architectural rule number one:

"Less is more!"

BTW: The city of Brasilia is still a better example of modern architecture (more or less).

CWGordon

You really did capture the city colrs and presence very well. Of course, more is better. A posting of more would probably be enjoyed by many. Great job, really.

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

OK, CW, you convinced me - I'll throw in a few more bonus shots of the downtown buildings.

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weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thanks

CWGordon

Thank you very much. They really do capture what the City appears to be.

NMGal Loc: NE NM

Joe, these are beautiful photos of some gorgeous buildings. The kind of place I would like to see once, but never live in or near. Just can’t imagine the hordes of people and traffic. RUN!!

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you again Barbara for your thoughtful comment. I agree with you: better to visit and look at than to be in it - but on the other hand, from my very own experience, I can say that one can also easily get used to it. I am at heart still the little Swiss mountain boy I grew up as, but I lived for 5+ years in Hong Kong (the place with the most skyscrapers in the world) as well as I worked for 16 years in Manhattan/NewYork, the #3 place for skyscrapers, and you do find your way around and get used to the amenities.