The August issue of Architectural Record has an article about how the architectural profession might adapt its curricula to learn from the cauldron of creativity, labor, urbanism, and "eneven rates of modernization and change" that is the building boom in the economic Oz of Dubai.
As I read about the situation, it seemed that it would serve as a powerful comparison for high school students of New York City at the beginning of the 20th century. Enormous wealth, a rampant abuse of imported labor, sprawling development, environmental disdain, and little strategic thought to what a city is supposed to be for all of its inhabitants. Add to these common themes the unique political and religious parameters of Dubai and students would have rich resources for analysis, comparisons, and recommendations.
Dubai. The new New York?
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