The Abu Dhabi pavilion has been named as one of three jury-selected winners of awards at the 2023 London Design Biennale, presented to the pavilions that have contributed the most exceptional installations to the Biennale. Abu Dhabi’s ‘Formation of Soof’ [ … ]
We’ve been browsing the newly released schedule for the upcoming Emirates Airlines Festival of Literature, and as always there are some major attractions. First impressions: the Arabic programme looks great, broader than in past years. There’s a lot of accessible [ … ]
Dubai’s Al Fahidi district is to get a major makeover. Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, has approved a ‘Rehabilitation and Revitalisation of Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood Strategy’ which he described as “part [ … ]
Our World Heritage, an initiative by an apparently broad-based group of individuals in the heritage conservation business, has been launched with an agenda to act as watchdog for (and maybe even reform) UNESCO’s Convention on World Heritage. Unofficial and independent, [ … ]
The largest and most complex stage ever built for an Official UAE National Day Celebration event will serve as a fitting metaphor for the country’s role in today’s globalised world, according to the press release from the Organising Committee of [ … ]
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