Dubai, located in the United Arab Emirates, is a cosmopolitan and very modern, and the city continues to produce some of the world’s most extraordinary and striking architecture. Dubai also embraces green construction and renewable energy. Most surprisingly, although oil was instrumental to the Arab city’s expansion and growth, “by 2000 the oil sector accounted for just 10 percent of Dubai’s GDP [and] the city now has thriving manufacturing, finance, information technology and tourism sectors and is home to numerous multinational companies such as AT&T, General Motors, Heinz, IBM, Shell, and Sony.”

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