Four Seasons Abu Dhabi Al Maryah Island, is a man-made enclave between Al Reem Island, Abu Dhabi Island and Mina Zayed. Its central position enables the island to become a link between the city and the Louvre Abu Dhabi on Saadiyat Island. Central to this urban ligament stands the Four Seasons which, together with the adjacent Abu Dhabi stock exchange, establishes a pedestrian epicenter of metropolitan energy along the waterfront. When so many cities in the Gulf are defined by accumulations of mirror-glass point towers, objects in an undifferentiated field, an anti-urban setting designed for cars and hostile to pedestrians, can the public realm be reclaimed through an architecture that enables the possibility of human-scaled spaces, shaded gardens and lush landscapes. The formal logic of th

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