Abu Dhabi is poised to become a major cultural destination in 2025 with the completion of its Saadiyat Cultural District. The district will feature the grand opening of the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, designed by Frank Gehry, and the nearly finished teamLab Phenomena and Zayed National Museum.
One is renowned for its stratospheric high towers, as exemplified by the Burj Khalifa; the other, increasingly so, for its ambitious high culture, as evidenced by its own Paris spin-off Louvre Museum.
Close to the Jean Nouvel-designed Louvre, the complex construction designed by starchitect Frank Gehry is inspired by the cooling nature of traditional Middle Eastern covered courtyards and wind towers.
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