GLASS FOR FAÇADE 2018

/ SAINT-GOBAIN BUILDING GLASS – FACADE 36 Museum THE LOUVRE ABU DHABI arch. Jean Nouvel photo: ©Mohamed Somji, Marc Domage 2018 STADIP DECORGLASS in different combinations • DECORGLASS 02bR / DECORGLASS 02bR • ESTRIADO / ESTRIADO / MASTER-POINT • KRALIKA / DECORGLASS 01a / ESTRIADO / MAS- TER-POINT • VISIO SUN / VISIO SUN Products An Island of Happiness and Light An atmosphere of 1001 nights conjures up architect Jean Nouvel in the exhibition areas of the newly opened Louvre of Abu Dhabi. Saadiyat - Island of Happiness - is the name of the large island just outside Abu Dhabi, which is currently developing into the new cultural center of the United Arab Emirates. The museum area includes the recently opened Louvre of Abu Dhabi. It is the youngest member of a network of 13 French museums that borrow up to 300 works a year. Still planned are other buildings - from the feathers of Lord Norman Foster, Frank O. Gehry, Tadao Ando and Zaha Hadid. The Island of Happiness - not only are the names in the Arab world picturesque, but the architecture is as well. Architect Jean Nouvel was inspired by the city of Medina and typical Arab settlements when designing the Louvre of Abu Dhabi. The result was a kind of museum-city in the sea, formed of 55 white buildings, which unite a large steel dome into one unit. The buildings are of different sizes and partially surrounded by water. The museum building itself covers an area of almost 100,000 m 2 . Its dome has a diameter of 180 meters, is only stored in four places Abu Dhabi, UAE