The interior lighting effect caused by the dome is quite simply the most beautiful and spectacular building lighting I've ever seen. Check it out at 4:37 in the video. Simply stunning.

These illustrations are generous with the lush green landscapes.

This building is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been to. Thanks for sharing how this is built.

it looks like a bunker, love the dome, but really looks out of place with random boxes jutting out

Inside the museum your react is like: “WOW! “ . one of the best architecture i have ever been !

The museum is kinda like a plate's perspective on spaghetti.

I remember seeing this in a magazine almost a decade ago, then I kind of forgot about it. Never thought it was actually meant to be built.

These ruins are going to be pretty cool in 80 years when they're under water

Wow everyone in the comments seems really down on this. I'm just like, "God damn those are cool buildings."

I’m an architect and for me looks like that they put so much time and energy to try to create the doom that the architect team forgot to design the rest of the building because they ran of time and let the construction company put the walls randomly, this building make no sense!!

Having been there it is a stunning building and a great start for the museum area.

Looks great imitating the canopy found in nature. But these new Middle East pop up cities should focus more on creating eco systems for human beings instead of just fancy architecture and sky scrapers for rich tourists to gawk at. Cities require modes of transportation, supermarkets, education, cultural venues, and with advances in vertical farming increasingly locally grown produce.

I think it is a graceful building, one the kind where a visitor leaves baffled

The dome is dope, but with those boxes it's incredibly disgusting design

Museums usually employ lightbulbs to properly illuminate their artifacts in an otherwise dark environment. This sunbeam effect looks like some short of different "artistic" approach. In a way I perceive the exhibition not being about the artifacts themselves but rather about the artifacts in this particular environment.

These just give me an actual reason to visit abu dhabi. Sold.

they should build a museum for slave labour n oil

This is just freaking gorgeous. Negative comments must be written by people with NO taste! I hope the building is a super success!

One Sand storm is enough to fill all the perforated layers

Incredible!

I was there and is incredible when you go out look up and see the dome it looks like a starship

this all island looks like it should be in an open world video game, and each museum will have a boss!

The future has a huge fantastic bright side.

The building itself is an art piece, designed to house other pieces of art. Marvelous inception.

I had the opportunity to tour this in Feb 2018. Impressive to say the least.

That was breathtaking

Nice 😍😍😍

Love to see the voice from BBC

Great idea! Lets put a bunch of priceless artwork in a building floating in the middle of the harbour

OMG this is Amazing.

Amazing

WOW. kind of speechless. Did I hear "a full size mock-up on location?" stunning. Thanks for the video

Just like the newly built parts of the city of Abu Dhabi, it just lacks personality. It almost looks like as if the government is playing a city builder video game like sims city with endless money and therefore places monuments randomly around the city. Everything there just looks so artificial...

I love the buildings. I just hope when they are sunken under the water that, directions on how to do archeological research is written on the walls. A space ship tree top with light and sacred geometry is very impressive !!

I think it will be nicknamed "the microphone"

0:52 when youre out of ideas

Phenomenal group of Master pieces.

WHAT HAPPENS DURING EXTREME RAIN?

Wow... it's awesome...but what about in rainfall....water will go inside....

That's different, and looks like it would be an interesting sight to see with all the beams of sunlight filtering through. Some of those architecture designs seem a bit too bizarre to me though, I'm looking at you Guggenheim Outpost building, but I think that national museum of the UAE looks pretty sharp. It kind of reminds me of the Sydney Opera House in Australia.

That dome looks like the senate from starwars...

I was there in March 2018. Impressive is the understatement. Well done in all aspects. Those who are knocking it should check it out before poopooing it

Pourquoi vous parlez uniquement de Jean Nouvel alors que le plus gros travail hyper-compliqué est fait par les ingenieurs.

The legacy of Louvre Abu Dabhi is completely extraordinary

Masterpiece in the making 🙏🏾💯

The Louvre Abu Dhabi looks awesome. I saw it from a distance before it opened. A sad aspect of Saadiyat Island and other areas near Abu Dhabi is the destruction of the mangroves to make way for new construction. Water is the natural element Arabia has the least of, yet they are destroying their share of it.

the interior is so overwhelming

I love you B1M

The cost of the Louve is grossly understated. Put it much, much closer to a half a billion dollars.

Been there, saw it. Was very quiet.

This is beautiful but sandstorms. It would be cool if Abu Dhabi would invest in and allow the locals to have large traditional markets. After all the vast majority of people travel to experience different cultures and not for architecture.

Magnifique édification et nous pouvons être fiers du savoir faire de nos architectes, Jean Nouvel en tête du hit parade. Pour votre information tout est présenté en 3 langues à l'intérieur du musée. Arabe, anglais et français... what else?

I wish they would do designs like this in the U.K

Oh...wonderful

It a spectacular building and something that Abu Dhabi should be rightly proud of. These people that say you can’t buy culture, what a load of rubbish, all the museums in the world didn’t magically appear, and half the stuff in the British museum was acquired from the rest of the world. As for style, you don’t think that all architecture does steal the best parts of other cultures. There seems to either be a jealousy or patronising trend to most of the comments. Different cultures have risen and fallen throughout the history of the world, we should calibrate that the UAE is bring culture to the masses and not imposed an imperial view of the world, as the US, English and France have in their time. One final thing, I find it surprising the narrator refers to the Persian Gulf when it should the Arabian Gulf.

I don't like the U.A.E. at all, but I can still be appreciate this brilliant architectural art no matter where it's built.

What if it rains???

Wait a minute. Full size mockup? Now this is the first time I'd actually use the term mind blown.

Why?

To all the hate comments. Sure, culture can't be bought with money, yes these millions of dollars could have been spent on other thing, and yes the money suppliers aren't the best... But I think it's simply preposterous to call this a complete waste of money only befitting the wealthiest of the wealthy. If these oil diggers and investors hadn't spent money on this, a architectural masterpiece, what would they spend it on, more oil? Corporate schemes? Can we appreciate the sheer mastermind that went into such a building? If not for works like these what will future architects have to look at for reference? It it my personal opinion that this money was, while not the best spent, at least spent well.

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interesting project I liked

I am feel vere proud i curently work here💖

All those buildings are very ugly though

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!

the building looks amazing...but storing art in the middle of the sea?

looks awesome.

It looks beautiful but calling it Louvre is just cheap.

Is there ever any concerns as to the source of $$ or political/social implications of the Buildings developers/owners?

I'm afraid the reality of rising water levels will quickly bring trouble to this buildings and the others built on the sea

This seems to be excellent

Thanks

These sorts of developments throighout the middle east makes me feel a bit sad. Super expensive projects designed by Western architects/designers, engineered by Asian engineering companies and built by expat laborers. Middle eastern countries keep dreaming of diversifying their economies away from depending on oil money. Teach your people to work. At the end of the day your people are your future. I grew up in the middle east and have fond memories

They are so irresponsible with the oil wealth of the people... It's so tacky and wasteful...

THIS’S ABSOLUTELY EXTRAORDINARY!😲🤩❤️ how on earth haven’t I heard about this construction until now? I’m always trying to stay on top of this sort of thing. That interior space is absolutely amazing. I’m not a religious man, it almost looks like something that would be perceived by the gods themselves. And to think, there are so many other great marvels of architecture to be added around there as well. Including British and Japanese. No surprise really that the British design one looks the best though. The firm that designed it is quite famous in the industry. Love the fact that that one will have proper plants on it. They really need focus on these new pieces of infrastructure and architecture combining plant life as well as advanced technology. If the UAE really needs to be focusing on this more if they want to try and prevent an impact on the environment from there absolutely massive construction growth that’s been happening over the past three decades, plus to make sure they have enough of a backup plan once all their oil runs out and they have no choice but to switch to renewables.

People are getting confused.. the 27 billion isnt for this building alone. Its for all the museums, buildings, hotels. Its for the entire new district that this project is in.

What is the use of building these and attracting tourists while the UAE economy is crumbling down

please I have a work in english but i so really bad, what kind of video is it? please answer in english

Good idea to put art at sea leave with a rising sea

The local culture will never allow the featuring of most western art which includes a lot of Judeo/Christain themes and plenty of nudes. I expect the art displayed will be 'safe' and as white washed as the rest of the UAE. Such a colossal waste of money.

The dome is a nice folly; what is underneath is UGLY. Totally impractical .

What do they do when it rains?!?!?

What happens when it rains?

what if iran decides to do a strike on the dome

This is the Alien artchitect !!! Brillant Architect !!!

You've got to admire the progress of the UAE. Pretty incredible what they've been able to build in the past couple decades.

i really like the fact that the uae spent so much on culture! they‘re investing huge amounts on artworks from famous painters, it‘s great that you can visit museums while there instead of just lavish activities

its name is Arabian Gulf not Persian gulf

Mágico ..

Why bother when the whole region would be too hot for human habitation in 50 to 100 year? Waste of money and design. Culture can’t be bought and these buildings in the middle of nowhere are not useful for anyone.

seems like the new Mac Pro?😂

They should've built the museum somewhere central. The people can get to. Not in a island where it takes long to get to. And also should of built it like the emirate palace

Stupid question: how is the inside protected from rain? And how are they going to clean the outside of the dome, or does this type of buildings need no cleaning?

I would like to use aluminum

Islamic architecture are very beautiful...it's as if it came out of heaven

Thank you very much for your video

brilliant

Why isn't america building any beautiful buildings like this ?!?!??!! Ugh.....all our new building are ugly

Inspired by those guys that make art on eggshells

Until it rains