Abu Dhabi Corniche Promenade
Eight kilometres of reclaimed waterfront on an undulating line — the city's front room, facing the Gulf.
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Al Maryah Island Waterfront Promenade
A financial district with a waterside walk around its edge — planned to ring the whole island at 5.4 kilometres.
Al Qana Waterfront Promenade
2.4 kilometres of canal-side promenade with buildings cantilevered twenty metres into the air above it.
Mamsha Al Khair
A granite monolith and limestone blocks along the Corniche, carrying a quotation every thirty metres.
NYU Abu Dhabi Campus
Twenty-nine buildings, one shaded pedestrian street grid — a liberal-arts campus built as a small city on Saadiyat.
Sheikha Fatima Park
A ladies' park from another era rebuilt as an urban forest of reclaimed materials, skate ramps and an open-air amphitheatre.
Yas Bay Waterfront Art Trail
Twelve works along one promenade — Murakami, KAWS, four astronaut cats and a row of painted electrical substations.
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