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The National Museum is dedicated to the history of Qatar. Symbolically, its architecture evokes the desert, its silent and eternal dimension, but also the spirit of modernity and daring that have come along and shaken up what seemed unshakeable.
Mar 29, 2019 · The building design is inspired by a mineral formation commonly found in the deserts of the Gulf region. The ‘desert rose’ is a rock formed when minerals crystallize in the crumbly soil just...
- María Francisca González
Harnessing one of the region’s most distinctive natural features, the design was inspired by a flower-like aggregate of mineral crystals known as a desert rose. As Nouvel explains, the museum emerges from a desert that has ventured all the way to the sea.
The project led by Pritzker Prize -winning architect Jean Nouvel is located on a prominent site within a newly developed civic quarter that connects it with other cultural...
Apr 29, 2019 · It is against the city’s backdrop of bombastic high-rises that the otherworldly National Museum of Qatar, designed by Ateliers Jean Nouvel, was imagined and, at the end of March, inaugurated with much fanfare after more than a decade-long gestation, carrying an undisclosed price tag.
- Beth Broome
May 25, 2022 · Nouvel designed the museum in the shape of a desert rose. Its interlocking disks wrapped around a central court exhibit unique segments of Qatar's history, heritage and contemporary influences. Architect Jean Nouvel tours the National Museum of Qatar before its opening to the public.
Oct 1, 2024 · The National Museum of Qatar, designed by Ateliers Jean Nouvel in Doha, reflects the desert rose formation found in the Gulf region. The 600 interlocking disks create a structure that integrates the historic palace with a modern design.
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