Art, architecture and travel in Dubai

Versace opens an extravagant neoclassical masterpiece in Dubai

By Rosa Bertoli Last updated 6 August 22

Middle East Revealed: Wallpaper* and d3 celebrate design talent at Salone del Mobile

By Rosa Bertoli Last updated 5 August 22

Rita Parniczky's x-ray textiles get exposure at Design Days Dubai

By Daisy Alioto Last updated 1 August 22

Design Days Dubai 2013: fair highlights

By Yoko Choy Last updated 30 July 22

Creative dispatches: highlights from Dubai Design Week 2017

By Becky Sunshine Last updated 29 July 22

Stepping up: Middle Eastern designers emerge as a united force in Dubai

By Suzanne Trocmé Last updated 29 July 22

Dubai’s Burj Al Arab has decked out an entire bar in gold leaf

By Emilee Tombs Last updated 28 July 22

Housing scheme in Dubai boasts a glass grid façade

The Wallpaper* Architects Directory has turned 20. Conceived in 2000 as our index of emerging architectural talent, this annual listing of promising practices, has, over the years, spanned styles and continents; yet always championing the best and most exciting young studios and showcasing inspiring work with an emphasis on the residential realm. To mark the occasion, this summer, we are looking back at some of our over-500 alumni, to catch up about life and work since their participation and exclusively launch some of their latest completions. Dubai based Dxb.lab was first featured in Wallpaper* in the 2007 Architects Directory. Since then, the studio and its director, Khalid Al Najjar, have been going from strength to strength, completing a variety of projects of all scales and typologies; here we visit their latest housing scheme, Residence 22, in the city's Business Bay. 

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 8 July 22

Gallery Collectional launches during Dubai Design Week

The new gallery in Dubai’s Eden House opens with inaugural exhibition ‘The Shape of Things to Come’ and unveils new mirrors by Sabine Marcelis

By Hannah Silver Published 9 November 21

Jameel Arts Centre by Serie Architects opens in Dubai

By Sujata Burman Published 13 November 18

Design legacy: remembering Italian innovator Achille Castiglioni

By Caroline Roux Published 4 January 14