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A Visit to Dubai’s Museum of the Future

An architectural marvel and a vision of tomorrow

B.R. Shenoy
Counter Arts
Published in
3 min readJun 16, 2024

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Dubai Museum of the Future
Credit: B.R. Shenoy

During our Middle East holiday in late 2022, my family and I had the pleasure of visiting the Dubai Museum of the Future in Dubai, U.A.E. I have to credit my son for suggesting that we visit there first. It was the attraction he was most excited about when we arrived.

I clicked all the photos for this piece on top of the Dubai Museum of the Future.

Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, declared the museum “the most beautiful building in the world.” At the same time, Architectural Digest called it “an instant (and highly Instagrammable) icon,” according to CNN.

Dubai Museum of the Future
Credit: B.R. Shenoy

Per Gulf News:

“From an architectural perspective, the torus-shaped (spherical and cylindrical) museum is an engineering marvel. The museum is considered one of the most complex architectural projects in the world. It was constructed using the “parametric design” model, a three-dimensional technology based on advanced technical design that works by entering data and parameters for the building to be…

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B.R. Shenoy
Counter Arts

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