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Zayed National Museum: Exterior · Front entrance of the Zayed National Museum
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Zayed National Museum: Exterior · Collections of the Louvre Abu Dhabi
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Museum · Contemporary

Zayed National Museum

Foster + Partners · Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · 2025

Key featuresFive steel towers shaped like falcon feathers, 83-123 m high, act as chimneys drawing air through the galleries.

Architect
Foster + Partners
Place
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Year
2025
Typology
Museum
Movement
Contemporary
Region
Middle East
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