The Italian Legacy in the United Arab Emirates, 2022, Skira

12 November 2022

"Over the past two decades, the cities of Dubai and Abu Dhabi have accelerated their urban development, employing a strong interaction of international influences. Architects, engineers, builders, designers, manufacturers and international energy companies-many of them Italian-have developed their professional networks here in the global crossroads of the United Arab Emirates, a flow place where ideas, people and cultures meet and mingle."

This is the introduction of the recent publication commissioned by The Embassy of Italy in Abu Dhabi, in collaboration with Skira Editore. A book that presents the contribution, in terms of skills and innovations, that Italian companies provided in shaping the urban and industrial landscape of the United Arab Emirates. Within the flourishing creative collaboration established between our country and the United Arab Emirates.

The book, edited by Lucia Pizzinato, covers the contribution of Italian architecture and engineering in the development of the UAE's urban and industrial landscape from 1971 to the present.

The book, the result of an in-depth research work in the area, is accompanied by an extensive gallery of photographs and illustrative texts of more than forty projects - including our Axiom Telecom Headquarters - carried out by Italian companies, enterprises and architectural firms representative of our country's manufacturing excellence in the Emirates.