Guggenheim Abu Dhabi is a museum under construction on Saadiyat Island, designed by Frank Gehry. The agreement was announced on July 8, 2006. The article names Abu Dhabi's Tourism Development & Investment Company as client, and the Guggenheim Foundation manages the program. Site and structural work began in 2011 but was suspended the same year. Opening is scheduled for 2026, after repeated delays. The article gives no style or materials.
The museum is planned at about 30,000 square meters (320,000 square feet), with about 12,000 square meters of galleries. Clusters of horizontal and vertical galleries link by catwalks around a central covered courtyard. The design draws on traditional Middle Eastern courtyards and wind towers. It will also act as a breakwater for the island's northern beaches.
In 2011 over 130 artists called for a boycott over labor abuses on Saadiyat Island.
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