Art, architecture and travel in UAE

Downtown Design 2022 set to bolster Dubai’s booming design scene

The Middle East’s leading design fair, Downtown Design returns 9 – 12 November 2022, presenting opportunities for the world’s design industry in the UAE’s booming market In partnership with Downtown Design

By Simon Mills Last updated 9 October 22

Design Days Dubai 2012

By Yoko Choy Last updated 8 October 22

Sixties sci-fi meets Dali at ‘Secret Room’ speakeasy in Dubai

By Daven Wu Last updated 7 October 22

UAE’s thriving creative scene catapults Dubai Design Week onto a global stage

By Sujata Burman Last updated 7 October 22

Dive into Adidas’ first liquid billboard in Dubai

In celebration of the German brand's full-cover women’s swimwear line, female beachgoers in Dubai were invited to make a splash in the first liquid billboard

By Laura Hawkins Last updated 7 October 22

Expo 2020 Dubai: the ultimate tour, from districts to pavilions

Expo 2020 Dubai has opened and with it three structures highlighting Sustainability, Mobility, and Opportunity, a Thematic District, and 192 national pavilions; take the tour

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 7 October 22

Sean Connolly opens a restaurant in Dubai Opera

By Dimity Noble Last updated 6 October 22

Louvre Abu Dhabi Residences to elevate art of living in UAE

A new development of 400 exclusive residences will offer the chance to live alongside the iconic Louvre Abu Dhabi in the heart of the UAE’s Saadiyat Island Cultural District

By Simon Mills Last updated 6 October 22

Dubai Design Week 2021 champions local creativity and visions of the future

Dubai Design Week 2021 highlights – here’s our pick of where to go and what to see (8 –13 November 2021)

By Sujata Burman Last updated 6 October 22

A minimalist contemporary home in the UAE by studio Roar

Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory is our annual round-up of exciting emerging architecture studios. Our 2022 list includes UAE-based studio Roar, with this minimalist home in Dubai

By Martha Elliott Last updated 2 October 22

Nudity, humour and politics: Art Dubai 2015 delights and surprises

By Suzanne Trocmé Last updated 27 September 22

Charm and whimsy abound at Design Days Dubai 2015

By Ian Volner Last updated 1 September 22

Fertile ground: Mohamed Alabbar is launching a regional rival to Amazon

By John Arlidge Last updated 31 August 22

Design Days Dubai steps things up a gear for its 2014 outing

By Yoko Choy Last updated 30 August 22

Fadi Sarieddine swaddles Design Days Dubai

By Daisy Alioto Last updated 28 August 22

Dubai’s Global Grad show tackles social and enviromental problems through diverse design

By Ali Morris Last updated 28 August 22

Desert storm: Dubai hosts two international design and art fairs

By Suzanne Trocmé Last updated 25 August 22

Jean Nouvel's Louvre Abu Dhabi is the UAE’s new cultural superdome

By John Arlidge Last updated 24 August 22

Sharjah Biennial 14 is raising the emirate’s cultural cachet

Themed ‘Leaving the Echo Chamber’, the 14th edition of the Sharjah Art Foundation-driven initiative presents over 60 major new commissions

By Tom Seymour Last updated 23 August 22

Brutalist flying saucer reopens in Sharjah

One of the country's architecture landmarks, the Flying Saucer, has been given a new lease of life, via a renovation courtesy of the Sharjah Art Foundation and architect Mona El Mousfy of SpaceContinuum Design Studio

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 14 August 22

Wallpaper* Middle East Revealed celebrates the region's design talents

By Rosa Bertoli Last updated 9 August 22

The National House: UAE reveals architectural pavilion for Venice Biennale

By Suzanne Trocmé Last updated 9 August 22

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