INTRODUCTION
By Shumon Basar, Antonia Carver and Markus Miessen
STREET
CHASING SHADOWS IN DUBAI By Mauricio Guillen
SIDEWALK MAGIC By Yto Barrada & Simona Schneider
PARK
PERMANENT VACATION By Brian Ackley
FROM TRASH HEAP TO EMERALD LUNG By Issandr El Amrani
VILLA
CITY AND CITIZENSHIP By Pelin Tan COLLECTION AND COLLAGE By Kevin Mitchell, Celia Peterson, and Richard Allenby-Pratt
HOUSING
BLOCK MEDINET
NASR By Clare Davies SUPER CENTER By Brian Ackley
MUSEUM
SYRIA'S NATIONAL MUSEUM By Hugh Macleod
AFTER THE FALL Deena Chalabi in conversation with Saad Bashir Eskander
BUSINESS PARK
A REFUSAL OF OBLIGATORY EXTRAVAGANCES Markus Miessen in conversation with Rem Koolhaas
THE FREEDOM TO CREATE By Shumon Basar
RELIC
KITH AND KILN By Kai Friese THE YACOUBIAN
BUILDING By Ursula Lindsey
REFURBISHMENT
SPACE IS THE PLACE By Makram el Kadi
HOW HIGH IS THE HAJJ? By Stephan Trüby
MALL
BRINGING THE MALL BACK TO THE CENTER By Markus Miessen
LOGOPELAGO By Erandi de Silva
UNIVERSITY
SPOILED BY THE PROMISE OF BRILLIANCE By Antonia Carver
LEARNING BY DOING Markus Miessen in conversation with L.E.FT
VILLAGE
ON PIRATES, STATISTICIANS, AND CRUISE SHIP DIRECTORS Nader Vossoughian in conversation with Keller Easterling
A GUIDE TO AL KHAN By Lara Almarcegui
SITE
SYMBOLIC BOUNDARIES Markus Miessen in conversation with Philipp Misselwitz
IN THE NIGHT By Susanne Schuricht
SUBURB
A DICTIONARY OF SUBURBIA By Markus Miessen and Armin Linke
TRESPASSING By Philipp Misselwitz
SKYSCRAPER
METROPOLITAN DUBAI AND THE RISE OF ARCHITECTURAL FANTASY By George Katodrytis
THE SKY IS NOT NEAR ENOUGH By Shumon Basar
APPENDIX
THE NEW IRAQI FLAG By Fawwaz Traboulsi
Contributors' biographies
Illustration acknowledgements