Issue 01

Abu Dhabi
A Study in Light & Material

A city read through its surfaces: white marble that holds the noon glare, mother-of-pearl set into columns, a dome of steel and aluminium stars that lets sunlight fall in fragments. This first folio moves through four chapters — interiors, restaurants, cafés and landmarks — looking closely at what places are made of, and how light moves across them.

Louvre Abu Dhabi under its patterned metal dome, with white cubic buildings standing in turquoise water and two kayakers paddling a green kayak and a blue kayak.
©Department of Culture and Tourism, Abu Dhabi · Source: DCT Abu Dhabi MediaHub

Chapter

Interiors · forthcoming

Forthcoming

Entry to come — selected by the editor

Chapter

Restaurants · forthcoming

Forthcoming

Entry to come — selected by the editor

Chapter

Cafés · forthcoming

Forthcoming

Entry to come — selected by the editor

Chapter

Landmarks

Louvre Abu Dhabi under its patterned metal dome, with white cubic buildings standing in turquoise water and two kayakers paddling a green kayak and a blue kayak.

Landmark · Saadiyat Island

Louvre Abu Dhabi

The main entrance of Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in the evening, with carved white marble walls, a warmly lit central arch and flanking arches, white domes against a pale sky, and the patterned courtyard reflecting the lights.

Landmark · Abu Dhabi

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque

Qasr Al Watan in the evening, the palace and its colonnades lit in warm gold against a deep blue sky, with a wide, reflective courtyard in the foreground.

Landmark · Abu Dhabi

Qasr Al Watan