The world got its first look on Thursday at Abu Dhabi’s Zayed National Museum, when backers unveiled architectural renderings of the dramatic 345,000 square feet structure comprised of five soaring pavilions, mimicking the feathers of a falcon’s wing. The project radiates money and prestige, if not a little bit of glamour.
If the plans for Saadiyat Island ring a familiar bell of over-the-top development, the kind that sent Dubai, Abu Dhabi’s next door emirate soaring and then crashing, economists beg to differ. With substantial oil wealth and the lessons learned from Dubai’s experience, the United Arab Emirate’s rising economic power stands a good chance of steering its way through a breakneck growth agenda dubbed Plan Abu Dhabi 2030. http://www.themedialine.org/news/news_detail.asp?NewsID=30640 [1]