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The Museum of Islamic Art (MIA; Arabic: متحف الفن الإسلامي) is a museum on one end of the seven-kilometer-long (4.3 mi) Corniche in Doha, Qatar. As per the architect I. M. Pei's specifications, the museum is built on an island off an artificial projecting peninsula near the traditional dhow harbor. A purpose-built park surrounds ...
Museum of Islamic Art: Doha: Qatar: 2008: The Museum of Islamic Art is reminiscent of the design of the National Assembly Building of Dhaka, Bangladesh by Louis Kahn; Pei has been known to admire this building's design. The Museum is connected to the mainland by three 215-foot-long bridges and the Chamesson limestone is lit from all ...
I. M. Pei. Ieoh Ming Pei FAIA RIBA [2] (/ ˌjoʊ mɪŋ ˈpeɪ / YOH ming PAY; [3][4] Chinese: 貝聿銘; pinyin: Bèi Yùmíng; April 26, 1917 – May 16, 2019) was a Chinese-American architect. Born in Guangzhou into a Chinese family, Pei drew inspiration at an early age from the garden villas at Suzhou, the traditional retreat of the scholar ...
7 is an 80-foot (24-metre) high sculpture built by American sculptor Richard Serra and located in the Museum of Islamic Art Park, in Doha, Qatar. Unveiled in December 2011, it is the tallest public art piece in Qatar and the tallest Serra has ever conceived. [1] It is also his first sculpture to be showcased in the Middle East. [1]
The Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, designed by Chinese-American architect I. M. Pei, opened on the Corniche in December 2008. Pei, given free rein by Hamad, [26] had rejected several proposed sites for the Museum that sat directly on the Corniche. Instead, he stipulated that the museum sit upon its own man-made island 195 feet from the Corniche ...
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The National Museum of Qatar is a national museum in Doha, Qatar. The current building opened to the public on 28 March 2019, replacing the previous building which opened in 1975. The building was designed by architect Jean Nouvel who was inspired by the desert rose crystal, which can be found in Qatar. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The museum site includes ...
To get a good overview of the city, which stretches along the turquoise waters of horseshoe-shaped Doha Bay, walk the length of the Corniche. The 7km bayside road has a wide pedestrianised walkway ...