Construction's beginning for Louvre Abu Dhabi, the museum's outpost in the Middle East designed by starchitect Jean Nouvel. Nouvel's design, a perforated dome that sits on the Persion Gulf—slated for completion in 2015—is one of many staggering starchitect visions to open in the next few years and represents a tidal wave of cutting-edge U.A.E. architecture that also includes projects by Frank Gehry, Norman Foster, and I.M. Pei. [UnBeige; previously]
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