ruminations about architecture and design

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

jean nouvel in qatar

Rendering of the National Museum of Qatar, by Jean Nouvel.

I seem to feature a lot of architecture that is in deserts. I don't have a desert obsession that I am consciously aware of, rather it is because some of the most important architectural developments in the last decade have taken place in the Middle East.

This building looks like a studio project. I doubt that I could design like this, or if I did, I doubt that I would have the courage to take it to completion. This building seems to have some climate and program responsive features, although it does remind me of a collection of dinner plates that got dropped on a couch.

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