June Gulf Challenge - Iconic Buildings

June Gulf Challenge

No standard definition exists for an 'iconic building', maybe one thing which is common with all of these iconic structures is that none of them was built with a purpose to serve as an iconic building (well except my leaning tower). Pretty drivel, you must have said, but then it's hard to find any other similarity between a list that comprises of buildings like Sydney Opera House, Eiffel Tower, Burj Al Arab, Statue of Liberty, Seattle Space Needle, colosseum or Empire State building. So what really makes them iconic? It is probably, the unique design, concept, symbolic value and also the time when they were built, which makes them iconic.

I have of course chosen the Burj Al Arab (again), this time from the access road, rather than the usual beach shot

It made up for a wasted day where I had to travel to Dubai for a meeting with a government department. After keeping me waiting for an hour, they decided to video conference the Abu Dhabi office (where I had come from).

LARGE

Links to the others
Everyday Something
PottersInDubai
theDubaiButlers
the Sandpit