Saadiyat Island

The island of Sa ʿ adiyat (Arabic جزيرة سعديات, DMG Ǧazīra Sa ʿ adiyāt, island of happiness ') is located about 500 meters east of the port of Abu Dhabi.

In the approximately 27 -square-mile island it is not like the Palm Islands in Dubai to an entirely artificially reclaimed island, but a natural sand core in the mangrove zone, which was fortified and enlarged by additional landfills. The island serves to expand the already almost become construction and beach areas of the city of Abu Dhabi. From the Tourism Development & Investment Company are on Saadiyat by the year 2018Vorlage: Future / In 4 years in a relatively loosened construction about 29 hotels with over 7,000 rooms, including a 7 - star hotel, 8000 villas and 38,000 apartments and numerous tourism, leisure - and utilities built. But the marina for pleasure craft is equipped with 1,000 moorings.

On the neighboring island of Al Reem Iceland larger works are also underway.

Cultural District

The main attractions on the island are to be in a large architecturally spectacular cultural district with world-wide claim the planned cultural facilities. The following individual projects are:

• Guggenheim Museum designed by Frank Gehry, scheduled to open in 2015 ( modern visual arts) and made in 2011 for headlines, threatened as more than 130 artists to boycott the museum because of poor working conditions at the site.
• Louvre Abu Dhabi - one branch of the Louvre planned by Jean Nouvel in early 2013 was still in the project stage (classical fine arts).
• Performing Arts Center several buildings with two concert halls, an opera and two theaters ( guest performances, classical and entertainment productions )
• New York University of Uniableger Established in 2010, a temporary campus site. The construction contract for the university building was awarded to the Mubadala Development Company in April 2010. Construction is expected to be completed by 2014.

• Sheikh Zayed National Museum ( Arabic tradition and modernity ).

Unlike got into financial difficulties Dubai should not be abandoned, at least these core projects because they are financed by, according to the customer in large part with state funds.

The island is connected since October 14, 2009 on a 10- lane highway and the new 1.4 km long road bridge " Sheikh Khalifa Bridge " west of Abu Dhabi and south with the Yas Island. Following the planned completion of the Inselbauten to 2018Vorlage: Future / In 4 years, Saadiyat will have about 150,000 inhabitants. The Bauetat for this prestigious project was estimated at USD 27 billion.