Louvre Abu Dhabi announced it will open its doors to the public on 11 November 2017. It is the first museum of its kind in the Arab world: a universal museum that focuses on shared human stories across civilisations and cultures. The opening celebrations will include a wide range of public programmes, including symposiums, performances, concerts, dance, and visual arts by renowned contemporary and classical artists.
Louvre Abu Dhabi
Feauturing a 180-metre dome, comprised of almost 8,000 unique metal stars, the Louvre Abu Dhabi by Jean Nouvel will open its doors to the public on 11 November.
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- 13 September 2017
- Abu Dhabi
Located in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Pritzker Prize winning French architect Jean Nouvel has designed a museum city (Arab medina) under a vast silvery dome. Visitors can walk through the promenades overlooking the sea beneath the museum’s 180-metre dome, comprised of almost 8,000 unique metal stars set in a complex geometric pattern. When sunlight filters through, it creates a moving ‘rain of light’ beneath the dome, reminiscent of the overlapping palm trees in the UAE’s oases.
Louvre Abu Dhabi
Program: museum
Architect: Jean Nouvel
Dome strucutral engineering: BuroHappold Engineering
Area: 97,000 sqm
Completion: 2017