There are few buildings that have more drastically shaped a city's image than Marina Bay Sands. Just as the Eiffel Tower and Burj Khalifa define the skylines of Paris and Dubai, the soaring three-tower resort, joined across the top by a horizontal "skypark" and the world's most famous infinity pool, is an icon both in and of Singapore.
In fact, the hotel-casino project is so successful that the man who designed it doesn't even stay there.
"It's too noisy," said Israeli-Canadian architect Moshe Safdie. "I'm a swimmer and I can never get in the pool because there are so many people taking pictures."