Louvre Branch Museum – Abu Dhabi
Building: Louvre Branch Museum
Location: Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi
Completion: 2017
Architect: Jean Nouvel
Structural Engineering: Buro Happold
AE Interests: The museum is part of a US$27 billion project on Saadiyat Island which will also include a Guggenheim museum.
183m floating dome-roof filters sunlight: steel tubular trusses support the roof shape, screening is made of stainless steel and aluminum layers. See article below.
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