Louvre Abu Dhabi: The Story of an Architectural Project
Jean Nouvel, Olivier Boissière
Skira Paris, May 2019

Paperback | 8-1/4 x 11-1/2 inches | 128 pages | 150 illustrations | English | ISBN: 978-2370740816 | $34.95

Publisher Description:
Louvre Abu Dhabi is a comprehensive exploration of Jean Nouvel's (born 1945) latest masterpiece, from the first sketches and through each phase of its conception and construction. From its majestic, novel dome to its exhibition halls, this book walks the reader through this architectural jewel.dDAB Commentary:
The first page of this monograph on Jean Nouvel's Louvre Abu Dhabi, which opened to the public in November 2017, is a tribute to Olivier Boissière, who wrote many books on Nouvel's architecture, including one of Birkhäuser's Studio Paperbacks. "Olivier Boissière wrote all of his life," Nouvel writes. "Books of art and architectural critique, a novel and some articles distinguished by common sense, pertinence and impertinence ... As attested by this, his last written work ..." Although I don't know when Boissière, who was born in 1939, died, nor can I find mention of his passing online (as of today, his Wikipedia entry is in the present tense), it makes sense that Nouvel's longtime collaborator would write about one of his most amazing projects: Louvre Abu Dhabi, a museum with a massive, double-layered filigreed dome shading a plaza, a series of boxy galleries, and in-between spaces. While the book provid...