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The Dubai Mall, completed in 2008, is currently the world’s largest mall and one of the largest structures in the world. Sand to Spectacle - The Dubai Mall – DP Architects documents the design process of Singapore-based DP Architects as it realized a building the size of a city in just over four years from sketch to construction. The authors perform an in-depth analysis of the historical, architectural, cultural, and physical forces at play in the building’s design, and supplement the text with a unique comparative study of Dubai and Singapore to describe The Dubai Mall as a product of both local and global influences.
Sand to Spectacle The Dubai Mall
DP Architects
Book Size: 8.8 x 11.8 in / 223 x 300 mm
Box Size: 8.95 x 11.95 in / 226 x 305 x 38 mm
Format: Portrait
Pages: 224
Language: English
Photographs:180
Illustrations: 95
Edition/ISBN:
Hardcover (978-988-12250-7-8)
Hardcover in box (978-988-12251-0-8)