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Louvre Abu Dhabi will open in December 2015

November 21, 2013 by The CoF

Now it’s official : the Louvre Abu Dhabi will be open for visitors December 2, 2015 ! The date was announced this week by the Minister of Culture of France Aurélie Filippetti at the opening Abu Dhabi Art exhibition, as reported by the newspaper The Art Newspaper. In the UAE capital Filippetti flew together with the director of the Louvre Jean-Luc Martinez and not less than 11 directors of French museums . The contract was signed with the Louvre for the next […]

Categories: Architecture, Design • Tags: Abu Dhabi, December 2015, Jean Nouvel, Louvre, louvre abu dhabi, Saadiyat Island, United Arab Emirates

Armani/Casa-Designed Residential Project Unveiled

December 12, 2012 by The CoF

By Luisa Zargani MILAN — The Giorgio Armani Group and leading real estate group Asta Holding/Bemes will unveil today the completion of the residential project Maçka Residences. The project is made up of three towers for a total of 78,840 square feet with a view of the Bosphorus in the Maçka area, in the heart of Istanbul. Armani/Casa has designed the residences’ common areas, the lobbies and several apartments within the towers, which total 170 residential units and 10 penthouses. Luxury […]

Categories: Architecture, Design, Fashion • Tags: Armani, Bosphorus, Burj Khalifa, Dubai, Emaar Properties, Kempinski, United Arab Emirates

City of a Fashion Event: Abu Dhabi-World Luxury Fashion Week

November 21, 2012 by The CoF

WORLD LUXURY FASHION WEEK will make a much anticipated debut appearance in Abu Dhabi this year and is set to become an annual fixture for the UAE capital city. WORLD LUXURY FASHION WEEK will bring together some of the world’s leading high-end fashion brands over a four day invitation-only fashion week hosted at the spectacular Jumeirah at Etihad Towers from 25-28 November 2012. The four-day show schedule opens with two evenings of BMW Haute Couture shows, followed by two evenings […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Abu Dhabi, BMW, Design, Fashion, Haute couture, Jean Paul Gaultier, Jumeirah, London Fashion Week, Retail, United Arab Emirates