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.

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.

Img.1 Jean Nouvel, Louvre Abu Dhabi, 2017
Img.2 Jean Nouvel, Louvre Abu Dhabi, 2017
Img.3 Jean Nouvel, Louvre Abu Dhabi, 2017
Img.4 Jean Nouvel, Louvre Abu Dhabi, 2017

  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.

Img.5 Jean Nouvel, Louvre Abu Dhabi, 2017


Louvre Abu Dhabi
Program: museum
Architect: Jean Nouvel
Dome strucutral engineering: BuroHappold Engineering
Area: 97,000 sqm
Completion: 2017