QATAR NATIONAL MUSEUM

The National Museum of Qatar features an innovative design by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Jean Nouvel. The design’s inspiration came from the desert rose that grows around the original 20th century palace of Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani. 

The 40,000m2 museum is made up of interlocking discs, which create cavities to protect visitors from the desert heat. The building rises up from the sea and is connected to the shore by two pedestrian bridges and a road bridge. 

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