A windowless torus clad in 14,000 stainless steel panels cut into Arabic calligraphy — 1,024 verses from Sheikh Mohammed's writings. Opened 2022. Internationally acclaimed and the most photographed building in Dubai since the Burj Khalifa.

Inside: seven floors of future-oriented exhibitions covering AI, space, ecology, and human potential. The content is genuinely engaging when the museum is open. It has been temporarily closed more often than the flagship status warrants. Still worth visiting when it's running.