{"id":1467,"date":"2015-02-06T15:21:42","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T15:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/?p=1467"},"modified":"2022-10-20T12:34:37","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T11:34:37","slug":"glittering-dubai-isla-denton-thompson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/glittering-dubai-isla-denton-thompson\/","title":{"rendered":"Glittering Dubai by Isla Denton-Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'>\n                <div class=\"twp-read-time\">\n                \t<i class=\"booster-icon twp-clock\"><\/i> <span>Read Time:<\/span>1 Minute, 59 Second                <\/div>\n\n            <\/div><p>Before Christmas I whizzed off to our Dubai office to help out with some project work. In my spare time I managed to see a few of the city\u2019s sites and I thought I would share with you some impressions from my visit:<\/p>\n<p>Day 1: Rows of shimmering white pillars lining the airport baggage claim. A hotel with 1600 rooms and 70 floors. Bit dizzy.<\/p>\n<p>Day 2: Strolling to work passed rows of glittering glass skyscrapers that look as though they are jostling in a line up for a beauty pageant. Large white four-by-fours whizzing by. An unfathomable road network. Dusty shoes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1474\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1474\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Skyscrapers.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1474\" src=\"http:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Skyscrapers-1024x709.jpg\" alt=\"Skyscrapers in Business Bay District with Burj Khalifa in the background\" width=\"500\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Skyscrapers.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Skyscrapers-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Skyscrapers-800x554.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Skyscrapers in Business Bay District with Burj Khalifa in the background<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Day 3: Miles of snaking black irrigation pipes winding through spikey succulents. Irrigation calculations for planting schemes. Plant lists of unfamiliar species.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1471\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1471\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Irrigation.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1471\" src=\"http:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Irrigation-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Snaking irrigation pipes through succulents\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Irrigation.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Irrigation-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Irrigation-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snaking irrigation pipes through succulents<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Day 4: Women only metro carriages. Palm trees clothed in glittering fairy lights. Cathedral malls with sharks and parrot fish watching shoppers circle the aisles.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1473\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1473\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Palms.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1473\" src=\"http:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Palms-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Palm trees clothed in glittering fairy lights at the entrance to a mall\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Palms.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Palms-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Palms-600x800.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Palm trees clothed in glittering fairy lights at the entrance to a mall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A lake that begins to simmer then explodes into a dancing fountain choreographed to Michael Jackson\u2019s thriller. A towering twinkling building (not quite scraping 1km high). A big dose of the biggest, the tallest, the largest\u2026<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1469\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1469\" style=\"width: 564px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/fountain.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1469\" src=\"http:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/fountain.jpg\" alt=\"The dancing Dubai fountain\" width=\"564\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/fountain.jpg 564w, https:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/fountain-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1469\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The dancing Dubai fountain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Day5: The call to prayer echoing in the office corridors. Views across a 12 lane motorway from my desk. Views across a 12 lane traffic jam on my walk home.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1468\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1468\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Burj-Khalifa.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1468\" src=\"http:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Burj-Khalifa-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"  The tallest building in the world \u2013 the 829.8 m high Burj Khalifa \" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Burj-Khalifa.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Burj-Khalifa-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Burj-Khalifa-600x800.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1468\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>The tallest building in the world \u2013 the 829.8 m high Burj Khalifa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Day 6: Talk of brunches. Mocktails. Gold Souks. A model in a mall that displays visions of the next Dubai dream: an entire indoor \u2018city\u2019 with air conditioned streets (a world\u2019s first of course). More glittering mirages?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1472\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1472\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Mall-of-the-world.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1472\" src=\"http:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Mall-of-the-world-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"A model of Dubai's Mall of the World \u2013 a \u2018city\u2019 entirely indoors\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Mall-of-the-world.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.terrafirmaconsultancy.com\/landscape-architect-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Mall-of-the-world-300x225.jpg 300w, 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