SOM Designs World’s Tallest Metro Station

Standing at 74 meters, SOM’s forthcoming Gateway Station in Dubai is set to become the tallest metro station in the world.

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Yagmur Baydır
October 24, 2025

Dear PA reader,

In Dubai, a gravity-defying new metro station by SOM is transforming transit into a monumental civic landmark, while in Casablanca, the planned Casa Sud station by OUALALOU+CHOI presents a monumental vaulted roof and “porous” edges that reconnect the city’s urban fabric across the railway.

In India, we chart an architectural pilgrimage through temples, tombs, and Brutalist academies with our Architect’s Guide to Traveling India. Deserta x Ecofolie’s modular bio-home offers a vision of domesticity shaped by ecology and lightness, while the Louvre’s future takes shape as five firms enter the frame to reimagine the world’s most visited museum with care and audacity.

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