By: Jozlyn Kizer

This is the Burj Al Arab Hotel in Dubai. It was originally designed in 1993 and construction was finished in 1999. This hotel was meant to be an iconic staple of Dubai, just like the Sydney Opera House in Australia. The hotel is made to look identical to a sail, as the hotel jets out into the Arabian Gulf sitting on a man-made island all by itself. In order to support the building and brace it from outside forces, the hotel was constructed with an exoskeleton structure that acts as a backbone. Not only does It have a vertical backbone, but extra diagonal trusses were also placed on the outside of the structure for more support against the coastal storms. I think this hotel is really pretty. I love how Wright designed it to look so natural in the environment it is in. 

Source: https://wkkarchitects.com/aburj-al-arab-dubai-2