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Dubai skyline: Beautiful or grotesque?

You could be forgiven for viewing the architects of Dubai--the United Arab Emirates' most grandiose city--as frat boys, interested only in size and feats of competitive excess. Is Dubai's titanic architectural ambition something to celebrate, itself, or is it an experiment turned grotesque?