towers over global landmarks like New York’s Empire State Building (1,454 feet) and Central Park Tower (1,550 feet), the latter being the tallest primarily residential structure. The Dubai ...

this stunning building has wowed architecture buffs since it opened in 1999. Its curved glass façade – modeled after the sails that have graced Dubai's waterways all these years – shelters a ...

More recently, Dubai has turned its attention to tourism. A network of artificial holiday islands, known as The Palm, was finished in 2007 and the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa (830m ...