Dubai: architecture and global influence

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Recession-stalled cranes and uncompleted shells of structures stand in contrast with skyscrapers completed during the exuberant building boom of the last two decades along Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Dubai architecture and development

( KARIM SAHIB / AFP/Getty Images) )

Recession-stalled cranes and uncompleted shells of structures stand in contrast with skyscrapers completed during the exuberant building boom of the last two decades along Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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