Stunning!

The above is a rendering of the cultural arts center as part of the new cultural district to be built in the UAE's city of Abu Dhabi. It is so awesomely cool it can never be built in the US. Ever. Because we like our buildings clunky and chunky, like our expanding waistline.

Frank Gehry is contributing, and so are several other internationally famous architects. The building above will house a concert hall, some exhibition space, and probably a gift shop or two.
Abu Dhabi is trying to build its tourism industry. I guess if you put bucket loads of money together with the williness to embrace modern design, you get fabulous in return.

[sigh] If I weren't in fear for my life because, well, the whole gay issue, I'd so go there to visit.