Burj Al-Arab Image: Maddie Braswell (Pinterest) With the oil wealth of Dubai fast depleting, The City's ruler, Sheikh Muhammad bin-Rasheed Al-Maktoum envisioned a project to put Dubai on the map of the world as a tourist destination. For this to happen, Dubai needed an iconic hotel that was meant to be a symbol of beauty and luxury. At 321 meters this building is the tallest and arguably the most luxurious hotel in the world. The Design The Sheikh wanted something so iconic that would make Dubai and essential tourist stop. For that purpose he hired a team of young, inexperienced but known for their unique designs, architects under the leadership of Tom Wright. This team did not disappoint the Sheikh by designing a building so simple and so elegant that it became the center piece of Dubai's tourism industry. While explaining the design process, Tom Wright said: "If you could draw a building simply, with a few strokes of the pen and it was instantly recognizable as not ...
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