Saadiyat Island

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Development

Features

• The Saadiyat Island development has been described as an intention to create an "up-scale cultural district to enrich Abu Dhabi".
• Many cultural projects have already been announced including the development of a Guggenheim Museum
  Guggenheim Museum
  
  The Guggenheim Museum refers to any of several museums worldwide created and run by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. These include:* The Solomon R....
   dedicated to modern and contemporary art. The Frank Gehry
  Frank Gehry
  
  Frank Owen Gehry, Order of Canada is a Pritzker Prize-winning architect based in Los Angeles.His buildings, including his private residence, have become tourist attractions....
  -designed building is due for completion in 2011 and will be the largest Guggenheim Museum at 30,000 square metres (320,000 ft²), with an estimated cost of $400 million.
• A Louvre
  Louvre Abu Dhabi
  
  The Louvre Abu Dhabi is a planned museum, to be located in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. On Tuesday 7 March 2007, the Louvre in Paris announced that a new Louvre museum would be completed by 2012 in Abu Dhabi....
   museum will also be completed in 2012.
• Saadiyat Island will eventually house around 150,000 residents and will be connected to Abu Dhabi via two ten-lane causeways.
• Plans to build a world-class performing arts center and a concert hall are underway.
• New York University
  New York University
  
  New York University is a private university, nonsectarian, research university in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan....
   is opening a campus on the island, expected to open by 2010.
• A Gary Player
  Gary Player
  
  Gary Player is a South African professional golfer generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the game's history.Player was born in Johannesburg, South Africa....
   designed 18 hole championship golf course and golf academy along the beach

Proposed districts

Al Marina

• Total area 4.4 km²
• Berthing for over 1,000 boats
• Boutique hotels
• Luxury apartments
• Mediatheque
• Oceanarium
• Leisure and entertainment
• Commercial and retail environment

Cultural District

• Total area 2.7 km²

• Maritime Museum by Tadao Ando
  Tadao Ando
  
  is a Japanese people architect whose approach to architecture was once categorised as critical regionalism. Ando has led a storied life, working as a truck driver and boxer prior to settling on the profession of architecture, despite never having taken formal training in the field....
  .
• Sheikh Zayed National Museum by Foster + Partners
• Modern Art Museum (the Guggenheim
  Guggenheim Abu Dhabi
  
  The Guggenheim Abu Dhabi is a planned museum, to be located in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. On July 8, 2006, the city of Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates, announced it had signed an agreement with the Guggenheim Foundation in New York to build a Guggenheim museum....
   by Frank Gehry
  Frank Gehry
  
  Frank Owen Gehry, Order of Canada is a Pritzker Prize-winning architect based in Los Angeles.His buildings, including his private residence, have become tourist attractions....
  )
• Classical Museum (the Louvre Abu Dhabi
  Louvre Abu Dhabi
  
  The Louvre Abu Dhabi is a planned museum, to be located in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. On Tuesday 7 March 2007, the Louvre in Paris announced that a new Louvre museum would be completed by 2012 in Abu Dhabi....
   by Jean Nouvel
  Jean Nouvel
  
  Jean Nouvel is a French architect. Nouvel studied at the ?cole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and was a founding member of Mars 1976 and Syndicat de l'Architecture....
  )
• Performing Arts Centre (by Zaha Hadid
  Zaha Hadid
  
  Zaha Hadid , Order of British Empire is a notable Iraqis in the United Kingdom deconstructivism architect....
  )
• Office park
• Luxury town homes and apartments
• Boutique hotels
• Retail and commercial environment
• New York University
  New York University
  
  New York University is a private university, nonsectarian, research university in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan....
   Abu Dhabi Campus

• Total area 6 km²
• Luxury low-rise residential
• 0.7 km² recreational area
• Waterside living
• Equestrian centre

• Total area 4.33 km²
• International tourist destination
• 9 Kilometers of natural beaches
• Five-star hotels and resorts
• Beach clubs
• A Gary Player
  Gary Player
  
  Gary Player is a South African professional golfer generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the game's history.Player was born in Johannesburg, South Africa....
   designed Championship golf course with luxury residential

• Total area 2.68 km²
• Family resort
• Dynamic beach lifestyle
• Boardwalks with restaurants and cafés
• Leisure and entertainment

• Total area 5.23 km²
• Championship golf course with luxury residential
• Boutique eco hotels
• Waterside living
• Eco centre

See also

• Al Reem Island
  Al Reem Island
  
  Al Reem Island is a residential, commercial and business project on Al Reem Isle, a natural island 600 meters off the coast of Abu Dhabi island....
  

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