Starchitects

Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Abu Dhabi finally has an opening date — here’s why it took two decades

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Twenty Years, One Napkin Sketch, and a Museum the Size of a Small Airport Some restaurants make you wait forty-five minutes for a table. The Guggenheim Abu Dhabi made the entire art world wait twenty years for a building. On December 11, 2026, it finally opens — and the wait, by every account, appears to … Read more

Daniel Libeskind Wants Six Skyscrapers to Feel Like One Sculpture

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Decoding Seoul’s newest ultra-luxury redevelopment — and what “a living work of art” actually means when it’s zoned for 1,000 apartments Every architect eventually says their building is “a living work of art.” Usually this means a lobby with a slightly unusual ceiling. Studio Libeskind‘s new project in Seoul’s Gangnam district is testing whether that … Read more