Dubai: from Dream to Nightmare

Creating a iper-modern town literally from the dust, or better from the sands of a desert is surely a titanic enterprise which deserves respect and admiration. But it seems that the architects and designers of Dubai have in some way lost their mind along the way, transforming a futuristic dream in a ego-inflated nightmare...as clearly shown below...
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...from the Burj Dubai, the tallest building in the world, you can almost see the turn of the earth (click on image and look at the uppermost right corner...)

(Thanks Mario!)