Amazing architecture can't mask bad planning in Dubai, Australia's capital struggles to cater for all citizens and "blame games" getting in the way of cultural heritage.
"Multiply this gap between image and reality a hundredfold and you have the Dubai that was taking shape before the global recession of 2008 and the emirate's debt crisis. It is a city of isolated enclaves, lacking convenient connections to one another, and brutal linear strips, exemplified by the eyesore high-rises along the emirate's main drag."
Chicago Tribune
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"There will be no small neighbourhoods as in the old suburbs. Local shops? There are not even any deciduous trees at Dunlop, and if you aren't old enough to drive a car, then tough. There are almost no buses in the greenest, highest taxed city in Australia, outside of peak times."
The Australian
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"Unfortunately, all these organisations, which have made pledges to preserve and conserve both tangible and intangible aspects of cultural heritage, have, nevertheless, failed to even document the existing buildings within the city … Moreover, the responsibility is always shifted to other departments; hence, the main issue is lost somewhere between the blame-games."
Daily Times
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"In 30 years' time, we may find ourselves in another recession but it would be nice to think that we won't be faced with the prospect of extracting ourselves from it by replacing the failed housing of 2010."
BD Online
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"The revised plans for up to 11 storeys are even more out of proportion with the heritage building than the previous plans, more out of scale with the Swan Street heritage area and still block significant views of the landmark tower."
The Age
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