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2. Louvre Abu Dhabi - Wikipedia

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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 ...

3. Jean Nouvel - Wikipedia

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   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.

4. Saadiyat Island - Wikipedia

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   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.

5. Guggenheim Abu Dhabi - Wikipedia

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   In 2011, over 130 international artists urged a boycott of the new Guggenheim museum (as well as Louvre Abu Dhabi), citing reports, since 2009, of abuses of foreign construction workers on Saadiyat Island, including the arbitrary withholding of wages, unsafe working conditions, and failure of companies to pay or reimburse the steep recruitment ...

6. Mattei Athena - Wikipedia

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   Louvre Abu Dhabi The Mattei Athena is a Parian marble sculpture dating to the 2nd or 1st century BC. It is considered by scholars to be a copy of the Piraeus Athena . [ 1 ]

7. 2017 in architecture - Wikipedia

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   November 11 – Louvre Abu Dhabi, an art museum in Abu Dhabi designed by Jean Nouvel, opened; United Kingdom. Early – West Court, Jesus College, Cambridge, designed by Niall McLaughlin Architects, first phase completed; February – Berkshire House (private home) near Caversham, Reading, designed by Gregory Phillips Architects, completed [8]