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The Louvre Abu Dhabi (Arabic: اللوفر أبوظبي, romanized: al-lūfr ʔabū ẓaby; French: Louvre Abou Dabi) is an art museum located on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It runs under an agreement between the UAE and France, signed in March 2007, that allows it to use the Louvre 's name until 2047 [ nb 1 ] , and has ...
The Louvre Abu Dhabi is located on Saadiyat Island and was designed by the French architect Jean Nouvel and engineering firm of Buro Happold. [158] It occupies 24,000 square metres (260,000 sq ft) and is covered by an iconic metallic dome designed to cast rays of light mimicking sunlight passing through date palm fronds in an oasis .
Louvre Abu Dhabi is an Emirati-French collaboration project that was opened on 11 November 2017. [23] It was designed by architect Jean Nouvel. [24] The Louvre Abu Dhabi will mark the first time the French government has entered into an international partnership to extend the Louvre overseas.
Louvre, Abu Dhabi Jean Nouvel ( French: [ʒɑ̃ nuvɛl] ; born 12 August 1945) is a French architect. Nouvel studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and was a founding member of Mars 1976 and Syndicat de l'Architecture , France’s first labor union for architects.
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Buildings by contemporary French architect Jean Nouvel. Pages in category "Jean Nouvel buildings" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
The Bezique Game (La partie de Bésigue) is an 1880 oil-on-canvas painting by the French impressionist artist Gustave Caillebotte (1848–1894). The work is now in the collection of the Louvre Abu Dhabi. [1] Eponymously it depicts a Bezique or Bésigue contest; bezique being a 19th-century French melding and trick-taking card game for two players.
Chronological list of buildings, projects and other works by Jean Nouvel. [1] Name City Country Designed Completed Other Information Image ... Musée de la Publicité ...