Apple’s new flagship store in Dubai has all the zest and innovation that you’d expect, and more. For starters, you get a view of the iconic Burj Khalifa—from a 180-foot wide motorized window made up of 18 carbon fiber panels. Termed ‘Solar Wings’, these panels have been created by Foster + Partners and they are designed for climate-control, cooling the store when the sun is at its hottest and opening in the evening to welcome people into the store. Apple says these Solar Wings “make up one of the world’s largest kinetic art installations” being 180 feet wide and fabricated from 340 carbon fiber reinforced polymer rods.
