1. Escape from parametric island.
- Author
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Wyma, Chloe
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FOREIGN workers , *ARCHITECTURE , *POST-Fordism - Abstract
The article discusses purported violations of migrant worker rights as part of the development of Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) by the firm Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC). Topics include the creation of a satellite museum for New York City's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum on the island, the use of the Parametricism style for buildings in the Saadiyat Island Cultural District, and cultural aspects of post-Fordism in economic organization.
- Published
- 2015