Construction to Begin on Louvre Abu Dhabi

A rendering of the Louvre Abu Dhabi, designed by Jean Nouvel.

Louvre-ing right along! Following last month’s opening of the SANAA-designed Musée du Louvre-Lens near the French city of Lille comes word that construction will begin immediately on the museum’s Middle East outpost: the Louvre Abu Dhabi. Designed by Jean Nouvel, the museum will consist of a complex of pavilions, plazas, alleyways, and canals that will span 689,000 square feet (approximately 100,000 square feet of that will be exhibition space) of Saadiyat Island and evoke a city floating on the sea.

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