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The Guggenheim Art Museum in Abu Dhabi, designed by Frank Gehry. Mass timber was used for the entrance, establishing itself as the largest Guggenheim museums ever built... The building is a hybrid structure, using steel, reinforced concrete, wood, and aluminum.
Approx. 30,000 m² (≈320,000 ft²)The beams were made in Washington.
Fabricated in Japan and delivered to the UAE
60,000 holes were drilled and 4,000+ kerf cuts.
Source: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nic-wilson_the-guggenheim-art-museum-in-abu-dhabi-designed-activity-7446921839874015232-ivZ5/
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