Showpiece City: How Architecture Made Dubai Bag while companies dominate their employees

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Showpiece City: How Architecture Made Dubai Bag while companies dominate their employeesIn 1959, experts agreed that if Dubai was to become something more than an unruly port, a plan was needed. Specifically, a town plan was prescribed to fortify the city from obscurity and disorder. With the proverbial handshake, Dubai's ruler hired British architect John Harris to design Dubai's strategy for capturing the world's attention and then its investments. Showpiece City recounts the story of how Harris and other hired professionals planned