{"id":282,"date":"2010-02-20T15:50:48","date_gmt":"2010-02-20T07:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdnphoto.com\/blog\/?p=282"},"modified":"2010-02-20T15:50:48","modified_gmt":"2010-02-20T07:50:48","slug":"dubai-or-bust-the-new-babel-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/2010\/02\/20\/dubai-or-bust-the-new-babel-falls\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai or Bust: The New Babel Falls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20100218_dubai_development_wealth_architecture02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20100218_dubai_development_wealth_architecture02.jpg\" alt=\"The Burj Khalifa is the largest building in the world and still relatively empty.\" title=\"The Burj Khalifa is the largest building in the world and still relatively empty.\" width=\"950\" height=\"633\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-283\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"paragraph\">\n<p>This past week I finally got to visit the developmental monstrosity that is Dubai. Nothing can really describe the audaciousness and scope of the luxury metropolis they hope to raise from the sands of the surrounding desert. Ranging from the largest mall in the world to the tallest building in the world, Dubai is building a new Babel that is already on the verge of going completely bust. For the foreseeable future however, despite the world economic downtown, the cranes are still moving as one of the largest construction sites in the world continues to lurch forward.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20100218_dubai_development_wealth_architecture01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20100218_dubai_development_wealth_architecture01.jpg\" alt=\"Beachgoers stand off in front of the massive high-rises lining the Dubai Marina\" title=\"Beachgoers stand off in front of the massive high-rises lining the Dubai Marina\" width=\"950\" height=\"633\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-292\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20100218_dubai_development_wealth_architecture05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20100218_dubai_development_wealth_architecture05.jpg\" alt=\"Huge art instillations are scattered about the Dubai Mall\" title=\"Huge art instillations are scattered about the Dubai Mall\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-287\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20100218_dubai_development_wealth_architecture03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20100218_dubai_development_wealth_architecture03.jpg\" alt=\"Yet another shoe store in the Dubai Mall\" title=\"Yet another shoe store in the Dubai Mall\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-285\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20100218_dubai_development_wealth_architecture06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20100218_dubai_development_wealth_architecture06.jpg\" alt=\"Massive towers rise next to the waters of the Dubai Marina\" title=\"Massive towers rise next to the waters of the Dubai Marina\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-288\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20100218_dubai_development_wealth_architecture04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20100218_dubai_development_wealth_architecture04.jpg\" alt=\"Construction company signs clutter a crossroad in the new business district\" title=\"Construction company signs clutter a crossroad in the new business district\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-286\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20100218_dubai_development_wealth_architecture08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20100218_dubai_development_wealth_architecture08.jpg\" alt=\"The Dubai Mall is one of the most lavishly decorated in the world\" title=\"The Dubai Mall is one of the most lavishly decorated in the world\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-290\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20100218_dubai_development_wealth_architecture07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20100218_dubai_development_wealth_architecture07.jpg\" alt=\"Dubai prides itself as a international destination for luxury goods\" title=\"Dubai prides itself as a international destination for luxury goods\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-289\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20100218_dubai_development_wealth_architecture09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/20100218_dubai_development_wealth_architecture09.jpg\" alt=\"A new subway line runs by newly constructed towers near the Dubai Marina\" title=\"A new subway line runs by newly constructed towers near the Dubai Marina\" width=\"950\" height=\"633\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-291\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past week I finally got to visit the developmental monstrosity that is Dubai. Nothing can really describe the audaciousness and scope of the luxury metropolis they hope to raise from the sands of the surrounding desert. Ranging from the largest mall in the world to the tallest building in the world, Dubai is building [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,14],"tags":[29,61,124,137,141,309,406,411,430],"class_list":["post-282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-development_category","category-travel_category","tag-architecture","tag-business","tag-development","tag-dubai","tag-economics","tag-photography","tag-travel","tag-urban","tag-wealth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}