DUBAI: In a city as famously fast-paced and ever-changing as Dubai, nostalgia often creeps up when you least expect it. From bougainvillea to breeze blocks, those with lives rooted in the UAE — and indeed the wider Gulf — know that the smallest of details can spark a memory. That is something Lebanese-Emirati architect Reem Nassour and her practice NAO Architects harnessed in the winning proposal for Urban Commissions, Dubai Design Week’s annual design competition. Each edition responds to a spe
