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Burj Khalifa (formerly Burj Dubai) opens today
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Aziz Poonawalla
UPDATE – the name of the building is now officially the Burj Khalifa, named after the ruler of neighbouring Abu Dhabi, to honor the bailout made by its sister emirate during the financial crisis. The Burj Dubai is officially open for business – a bold statement for a new year, but also haunted by the…
Echoes of the Raj
By
Aziz Poonawalla
The architecture of Mumbai is chaos incarnate, with slums and skyscrapers alongside. But there are also magnificent examples of British-era style that stand out and remind the observer of a different time, when a city named Bombay was the center of the mercantile world under an empire and queen. (see more of my photos here.)
Coit Tower
By
Aziz Poonawalla
The view from inside the observation deck of the Coit Tower, in downtown San Francisco. I am struck by how similar the tower’s design is to the minaret of a mosque.
(un) making Mecca
By
Aziz Poonawalla
In the year 2020, the Grand Mosque complex housing the Ka’aba might look something like this: This is just one possible design that will be floated by star architects Norman Foster and Zaha Hadid, recruited by King Abdullah to vastly increase capacity at the mosque: According to sources, the scheme for Islam’s holiest city could…
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