Art, architecture and travel in UAE

Creative dispatches: highlights from Dubai Design Week 2017

By Becky Sunshine Last updated 29 July 22

Stepping up: Middle Eastern designers emerge as a united force in Dubai

By Suzanne Trocmé Last updated 29 July 22

Ecofriendly desert bolthole Al Faya Lodge & Spa opens in repurposed 1960s architecture in Sharjah

By Emma O'Kelly Last updated 28 July 22

Understated luxury hospitality with the new Fairmont Fujairah

By Mary Pelletier Last updated 28 July 22

Dizzying views from the newly opened Morah restaurant in Dubai

By Daven Wu Last updated 28 July 22

Dubai’s Burj Al Arab has decked out an entire bar in gold leaf

By Emilee Tombs Last updated 28 July 22

Housing scheme in Dubai boasts a glass grid façade

The Wallpaper* Architects Directory has turned 20. Conceived in 2000 as our index of emerging architectural talent, this annual listing of promising practices, has, over the years, spanned styles and continents; yet always championing the best and most exciting young studios and showcasing inspiring work with an emphasis on the residential realm. To mark the occasion, this summer, we are looking back at some of our over-500 alumni, to catch up about life and work since their participation and exclusively launch some of their latest completions. Dubai based Dxb.lab was first featured in Wallpaper* in the 2007 Architects Directory. Since then, the studio and its director, Khalid Al Najjar, have been going from strength to strength, completing a variety of projects of all scales and typologies; here we visit their latest housing scheme, Residence 22, in the city's Business Bay. 

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 8 July 22

Gallery Collectional launches during Dubai Design Week

The new gallery in Dubai’s Eden House opens with inaugural exhibition ‘The Shape of Things to Come’ and unveils new mirrors by Sabine Marcelis

By Hannah Silver Published 9 November 21

Brutalist flying saucer reopens in Sharjah

One of the country's architecture landmarks, the Flying Saucer, has been given a new lease of life, via a renovation courtesy of the Sharjah Art Foundation and architect Mona El Mousfy of SpaceContinuum Design Studio

By Ellie Stathaki Published 28 September 20

Jameel Arts Centre by Serie Architects opens in Dubai

By Sujata Burman Published 13 November 18

Jean Nouvel's Louvre Abu Dhabi is the UAE’s new cultural superdome

By John Arlidge Published 24 March 16

Design legacy: remembering Italian innovator Achille Castiglioni

By Caroline Roux Published 4 January 14