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Crescent Arts Hall

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Crescent Arts Hall

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We design museums, libraries and pavilions in daylight. Few projects, each one resolved in plan, section and detail.

Index of works

Selected works

Forms and their lineage

Four families of form we return to, and the project that shows each one best.

Crescent Arts Hall

The roof folds down to meet the plaza and the walls curve inward to hold the shade. Inside, one long room serves music by day and exhibitions by night.

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · Under Construction

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Research

Light in deep plans

How a museum floor keeps an even daylight level far from the glass.

Quiet rooms

Acoustic comfort in curved halls, tested before the first panel is made.

Thin shells

Shaping white roofs that stay light, stiff and easy to build.

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