The Emirates Towers are one of the most distinctive skyscraper duos in the world, and were some of the first skyscrapers to be located along Sheikh Zayed Road in the financial center of Dubai, signaling a trend that has since seen the thoroughfare boom with construction activity. On the periphery of the complex, a beautifully landscaped environment with lush vegetation and meandering pathways imparts the feeling of an oasis in an otherwise rigid urban hardscape