Burj Al Arab is a vast luxury hotel in Dubai, rising from an artificial island off Jumeirah Beach and shaped to evoke the sail of an Arabian dhow. Its distinctive silhouette and offshore setting have made it one of the most recognisable structures on the Emirate’s coastline since its completion in 1999.
A sail of concrete and steel offshore Jumeirah
The defining experience of Burj Al Arab is its shape: a sweeping sail profile rising high above the Gulf, held between two broad structural wings and anchored to a man-made platform in the…
