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Abu Dhabi Architecture Tours
Architectural Building Guides UAE – Persian Gulf City Walks tailor made for groups visiting the Middle East
post updated 18 April 2024
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Abu Dhabi Architecture Tour: Exclusive Guided Walks – Introduction
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Al Aziz Mosque in Abu Dhabi by APG Architecture and Planning Group:
photograph : LUCEM0
Abu Dhabi Tours
Our Abu Dhabi guided tours are all tailored to suit each booking we do not allow for bookings to be joined up. Our guided tours in Abu Dhabi are all exclusive to each client.
Should you be planning a conference, an office trip, or university trip in Abu Dhabi please contact us and we would be happy to take your booking.
You can combine a visit to this city with a trip to nearby Dubai.
Abu Dhabi is the capital and the second most populous city in the United Arab Emirates and also capital of the largest of the UAE’s seven member emirates. The city lies on a T-shaped island jutting into the Persian Gulf from the central western coast. The city population was 921,000 in 2013.
Abu Dhabi is the seat of the United Arab Emirates Government, home to the Abu Dhabi Emiri Family and the President of the UAE, who is from this family.
Sowwah Square Buildings:
image © Mubadala Real Estate & Infrastructure_1500
Abu Dhabi is home to important financial institutions and the corporate headquarters of many companies. One of the world’s largest producers of oil, it has actively attempted to diversify its economy in recent years through investments in financial services and tourism.
Fortune magazine and CNN stated in 2007 that Abu Dhabi is the richest city in the world.
Key structures to see are Ferrari World Abu Dhabi, Capital Gate and Guggenheim Abu Dhabi.
Capital Gate Building – world’s most leaning building
Design: RMJM Architects
image from RMJM Architects
Capital Gate Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi Performing Arts Centre Building, Saadiyat Island
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects
picture © from Zaha Hadid Architects
Abu Dhabi building
Abu Dhabi Louvre Museum Building
Design: Ateliers Jean Nouvel
photo © Louvre Abu Dhabi – Photography Roland Halbe
Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum Building
Also worth a visit are the Masdar Institute Campus and the Etihad Towers.
Famous architects with buildings in the city include Zaha Hadid Architects, Jean Nouvel, Frank Gehry, Tadao Ando and Foster + Partners. Other key architects to have built in the city include RMJM, KPF, Aedas, Benoy and DBI Design.
Ferrari World Abu Dhabi – FWAD
Design: Benoy
picture from architect
Ferrari World Abu Dhabi – FWAD building
Abu Dhabi Walking Tours
Abu Dhabi Architectural Tours can visit the best new buildings or a mix of significant contemporary and traditional designs. The Abu Dhabi Architecture Tour can be an introduction to the city’s main buildings or it can be based around your group’s interests. Visitors can be met from the airport, their accommodation, or at the starting point of their UAE walking tour.
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Contemporary Arts Museum Building, Saadiyat Island
Design: Frank Gehry Partners
buildings image from Saadiyat
Abu Dhabi Walking Tours
Contact Isabelle Lomholt to arrange your UAE architectural tour: mob. +44 (0)7952 149814 / isabelle(at)e-architect.com
We ask for payments in full prior to the architectural tour in this fascinating Middle Eastern city.
Architecture Tours
e-architect also organise architecture walking tours in other Asian cities such as Dubai, Tel Aviv, and Delhi. We also offer architectural city walks in other global cities like Istanbul, Rome, London and Venice.
Location: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Persian Gulf, the Middle East, southwestern Asia
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Abu Dhabi Buildings
Masdar Institute Campus
Design: Foster + Partners
Masdar Institute Campus
Saadiyat Island Cultural District
Design: various architects
Saadiyat Island Buildings
Etihad Towers, West Corniche Road
Architect: DBI Design
Etihad Towers Abu Dhabi
New Miral Headquarters
Design: Godwin Austen Johnson Architects (GAJ)
photo courtesy of architects office
New Miral Abu Dhabi Headquarters
Abu Dhabi Investment Council Headquarters
Design: Aedas
Abu Dhabi Investment Council Headquarters buildings
ADIA Headquarters
Architect: KPF
ADIA Headquarters Building
Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nayhan Mosque
Design: Spatium
Abu Dhabi Mosque Building
Sheikh Zayad Bridge
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)
Sheikh Zayad Bridge
Yas Hotel building
Asymptote Architecture
Yas Hotel Abu Dhabi
Yas Island Yacht Club
Omiros One Architecture (O1A)
Yas Island Yacht Club
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