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Sheik Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, visits the special exhibition held in Abu Dhabi, devoted to the concept designs of the Saadiyat Island Projects, Wednesday , Jan 31, 2007. Abu Dhabi announced on Wednesday it will spend US$27 billion (euro20.9 billion) over 10 years to build an arts hub unprecedented in the Middle East _ one that will include a Frank Gehry-designed art museum that will effectively be the world's largest Guggenheim. The center is to be constructed on the uninhabited 27 square kilometer (10 square mile) Saadiyat island, just off the shores of the United Arab Emirates' capital. (AP Photo/ Nousha Salimi).
Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahayan (C) speaks with four of the world's most renowned architects (L-R) Frank Gehry of USA, Iraqi-born Zaha Hadid of Britain, Tadao Ando of Japan and Michel Pelissie, representing Jean Nouvel of France, during a ceremony to announce a cultural-tourism project at the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi 31 January 2007. The multi-billion-dollar project features the construction of four museums on the Saadiyat Island off the coast of the oil-rich emirate
New Jersey Nets investor Shawn Carter, left, also known as Jay-Z, talks with Atlantic Yards development and Barclays Center architect Frank Gehry before a ceremony announcing the naming rights to the Brooklyn-based arena that is slated to be the new home of the New Jersey Nets in New York, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Atlantic Yards and Barclays Center architect Frank Gehry speaks to reporters in New York, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007. Gehry was attending a ceremony and press conference announcing the naming rights of a planned Brooklyn arena that is to be the centerpiece of the Atlantic Yards development. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
BROOKLYN, NY - JANUARY 18: Mayor Michael Bloomberg (L) speaks with David Stern, NBA Commissioner at a press conference announcing a 20-year naming rights deal of the Barclays Center January 18, 2007 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The new Barclays Center designed by world famous architect Frank Gehry will be the new home of the Nets and will be the centerpiece of the Atlantic Yards development. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Michael Bloomberg;David Stern
BROOKLYN, NY - JANUARY 18: Nets player Jason Kidd watches on during a press conference announcing a 20-year naming rights deal of the Barclays Center January 18, 2007 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The new Barclays Center designed by world famous architect Frank Gehry will be the new home of the Nets and will be the centerpiece of the Atlantic Yards development. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Jason Kidd
BROOKLYN, NY - JANUARY 18: Bob Diamond, President Barclays PLC speaks to the media at a press conference announcing a 20-year naming rights deal of the Barclays Center January 18, 2007 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The new Barclays Center designed by world famous architect Frank Gehry will be the new home of the Nets and will be the centerpiece of the Atlantic Yards development. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Bob Diamond
BROOKLYN, NY - JANUARY 18: Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks to the media at a press conference announcing a 20-year naming rights deal of the Barclay Center January 18, 2007 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The new Barclay Center designed by world famous architect Frank Gehry will be the new home of the Nets and will be the centerpiece of the Atlantic Yards development. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Michael Bloomberg
BROOKLYN, NY - JANUARY 18: Marty Markowitz Brooklyn Borough President speaks to the media at a press conference announcing a 20-year naming rights deal of the Barclay Center January 18, 2007 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The new Barclay Center designed by world famous architect Frank Gehry will be the new home of the Nets and will be the centerpiece of the Atlantic Yards development. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Marty Markowitz
BROOKLYN, NY - JANUARY 18: Architect Frank Gehry watches during a press conference announcing a 20-year naming rights deal of the Barclay Center January 18, 2007 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The new Barclay Center designed by world famous architect Gehry will be the new home of the Nets and will be the centerpiece of the Atlantic Yards development. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Frank Gehry
BROOKLYN, NY - JANUARY 18: Architect Frank Gehry watches during a press conference announcing a 20-year naming rights deal of the Barclay Center January 18, 2007 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The new Barclay Center designed by world famous architect Gehry will be the new home of the Nets and will be the centerpiece of the Atlantic Yards development. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Frank Gehry
BROOKLYN, NY - JANUARY 18: Rap star Jay-Z talks with architect Frank Gehry (R) watches prior to a press conference announcing a 20-year naming rights deal of the Barclay Center January 18, 2007 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The new Barclay Center, designed by world famous architect Gehry, will be the new home of the Nets and will be the centerpiece of the Atlantic Yards development. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Jay-Z;Frank Gehry
Bruce Ratner, left center, and Robert E. Diamond Jr., center right, pose for photographers with other dignitaries looking on after Barclays Bank and the National Basketball Association announced a multi-facted marketing partnership that includes the 20-year naming rights to the Barclays Center, the planned home of the New Jersey Nets and the centerpiece of the Brooklyn-based Atlantic Yards development in New York, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007. Achitect Frank Gehry, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Nets owner Shawn Carter, also known as Jay-Z, are shown to the right of Diamond. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
BROOKLYN, NY - JANUARY 18: Bob Diamond, President Barclays PLC looks over a large model of the new Nets arena at a press conference announcing a 20-year naming rights deal of the Barclay Center January 18, 2007 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The new Barclay Center designed by world famous architect Frank Gehry will be the new home of the Nets and will be the centerpiece of the Atlantic Yards development. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Bob Diamond
BROOKLYN, NY - JANUARY 18: Bob Diamond, President Barclays PLC looks over a large model of the new Nets arena at a press conference announcing a 20-year naming rights deal of the Barclay Center January 18, 2007 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The new Barclay Center designed by world famous architect Frank Gehry will be the new home of the Nets and will be the centerpiece of the Atlantic Yards development. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Bob Diamond
SACRAMENTO, CA - DECEMBER 06: California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger applauds former astronaut Sally Ride after she was inducted into the California Hall of Fame December 6, 2006 in Sacramento, California. The Hall of Fame, which was conceived by California first lady Maria Shriver, is inducting Ride, Alice Walker, Billie Jean King, Ronald Reagan, Cesar Chavez, Walt Disney, Amelia Earhart, Clint Eastwood, Frank Gehry, David D. Ho, John Muir and the Hearst and Packard families. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Sally Ride;Arnold Schwarzenegger
SACRAMENTO, CA - DECEMBER 06: Former tennis star Billie Jean King (L) and former astronaut Sally Ride arrive at the induction ceremony for the California Hall of Fame December 6, 2006 in Sacramento, California. The Hall of Fame, which was conceived by California first lady Maria Shriver, is inducting King, Ride, Alice Walker, Ronald Reagan, Cesar Chavez, Walt Disney, Amelia Earhart, Clint Eastwood, Frank Gehry, David D. Ho, John Muir and the Hearst and Packard families. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Billie Jean King;Sally Ride
SACRAMENTO, CA - DECEMBER 06: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker arrives at the induction ceremony for the California Hall of Fame December 6, 2006 in Sacramento, California. The Hall of Fame, which was conceived by California first lady Maria Shriver, is inducting Walker, Billie Jean King, Sally Ride, Ronald Reagan, Cesar Chavez, Walt Disney, Amelia Earhart, Clint Eastwood, Frank Gehry, David D. Ho, John Muir and the Hearst and Packard families. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Alice Walker
SACRAMENTO, CA - DECEMBER 06: Former tennis star Billie Jean King (L) and former astronaut Sally Ride arrive at the induction ceremony for the California Hall of Fame December 6, 2006 in Sacramento, California. The Hall of Fame, which was conceived by California first lady Maria Shriver, is inducting King, Ride, Alice Walker, Ronald Reagan, Cesar Chavez, Walt Disney, Amelia Earhart, Clint Eastwood, Frank Gehry, David D. Ho, John Muir and the Hearst and Packard families. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Billie Jean King;Sally Ride