Some of my favorite pictures from Inside the £800m Dubai hotel boasting a £13,000-a-night suite and dolphins flown in from the South Pacific:

Spurred by Rising Seas, Dubai's Floating Ambition
Paul van de Camp moved to Dubai from Holland because of that "anything is possible" spirit. He isn't interested in skiing in the desert, but he has opened an office in Dubai to try to sell an equally bold concept: building on water. His company, Dutch Docklands, specializes in floating structures.