I was lucky enough to visit Saadiyat Island last week as part of a site visit. The island currently houses a Gary Player golf course, and a temporary exhibition centre. Eventually, the island will house the Louvre and the Guggenheim museums, 14 5 star resorts, luxury residential villas, a wildlife reserve and who knows what else.
It's absolutely fascinating to see nothing but sand and crane and concrete pilings there now, and to know that in 3 years, this will be where everyone who visits the Middle East will want to visit. That's the other exciting thing about the job I"m doing, I meet all sorts of interesting people - an urban planner who did part of the Egypt town centre, a lady from one of the most prominent museums in the world, and my housemate is one of the designers who is helping to design some of our hotels and a dive centre. Beats all the bankers and corporate people I used to work with in Australia!
No comments:
Post a Comment