Looking out across myriad statement skyscrapers from my evening perch at the Level 43 Sky Lounge, situated on the top floor of the Four Points Sheraton hotel, my view is plucked straight out of Fritz Lang’s seminal science fiction movie, Metropolis.
Typical images of Dubai feature over the top buildings sitting in one of the least climatically hospitable regions in the world, and it certainly lives up to those expectations.
In the peak of summer, daytime temperatures can easily reach halfway to boiling point. But that hasn’t stopped a sprawling city rising ever-upwards, with architectural feats of ingenuity, such as the Burj Khalifa, indicative of a design ethic that screams ‘look at me’.
Big business put this former trading post on the map in a gargantuan way; if you think size matters in spots like New York City, then Dubai takes the idea to new heights, literally.
Where there’s work, there must also be play, and the original jewel of the Emirates has… Read the full story
from Metro http://metro.co.uk/2018/02/06/from-blue-marlin-to-bagatelle-how-to-party-properly-in-dubai-7261008/
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