Kengo Kuma’s Qatar Pavilion in Osaka explores the country’s coastline heritage

Qatar Pavilion by Kengo Kuma at EXPO 2025 Osaka - ©Iwan Baan, courtesy of Qatar Museums.

The Qatar Pavilion was inspired by traditional fishermen’s boats and Japanese wood-joinery techniques.

Welcome to Doha: 8 contemporary architectures in Qatar’s capital city

Written by Enrico Zilli November 27, 2022 Andrea Maffei Architects arata isozaki architecture doha holy im pei jean nouvel john mcaslan partners library m7 mangera yvars metro station mosque Museum oma qatar qatar 2022 rem koolhas skyscraper stacked tower travel unstudio

Museum of Islamic Art by I.M. Pei - Photo Courtesy of the museum.

From futuristic skyscrapers to stunning libraries and magnificent museums. Architecturally speaking, Doha is future-driven. Discover the Gulf metropolis’ best contemporary buildings by Jean Nouvel, OMA, I.M. Pei, and more.

The Qatar World Cup Memorial tower reflects the migrants workers’ humanitarian disaster

Written by Enrico Zilli November 23, 2022 1week1project architecture construction workers fifa football human qatar qatar 2022 skyscraper tower

Qatar World Cup Memorial by 1week1project - image by 1week1project.

Over 6,700 migrant workers died in the construction sites of the stadiums and infrastructures built for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Such a gigantic figure inspired 1week1project to propose the conceptual evolving “Qatar World Cup Memorial” tower.

Sportwashing? The architectural dark side of 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar

Written by Enrico Zilli November 18, 2022 amnesty international architecture carbon market watch construction workers human hummel qatar qatar 2022 social media sport stadium sustainability

Khalifa International Stadium, Qatar - Photo by GT Travel, CC BY-NC 2.0.

Sportwashing describes the practice of individuals, groups, corporations, or governments using sports to improve reputations tarnished by wrongdoing.

2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar: 8 archi-stadiums hosting the matches

Written by Enrico Zilli November 17, 2022 2022 fifa world cup qatar aecom architecture dar al-handasah fenwick-iribarren architects foster and partners human ibrahim m jaidah pattern design qatar qatar 2022 ramboll sport stadium sustainability zaha hadid architects

Lusail Stadium by Foster + Partners - Photo by Nigel Young.

Nomadic tents, desert dunes, shipping containers, and traditional Arab caps inspired the architecture of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar stadiums.

2019 Best architecture: twisting bridges, Bauhaus and desert roses

Written by Enrico Zilli December 29, 2019 2019 addenda architects airport architecture bauhaus beijing berlin big bjarke ingels group building China civic architects dessau doha estonia fologram germany jean nouvel leong leong library los angeles Museum netherlands New York norway oma pavilion qatar Rem Koolhaas snohetta talliin thomas heatherwick united states World Architecture Festival zaha hadid zaha hadid architects

Zaha Hadid Architects' Beijing Daxing Int Airport - Photo by ©Hufton+Crow.

2019 Best Architecture. Zaha Hadid Architects’ giant starfish-shaped airport in Beijing and Thomas Heatherwick’s architectural sculpture in New York, but also a former locomotive hangar turned into an indoor urban plaza and an inclusive LGBT Center in L.A. are among our favourite architectures of the year.

Jean Nouvel’s National Museum of Qatar opens to the public

Written by Enrico Zilli March 28, 2019 architecture desert doha flower jean nouvel Museum national museum of qatar qatar sand

National Museum of Qatar - Photo ©Iwan Baan, courtesy of Ateliers Jean Nouvel and NMoQ.

Interlocking concrete disks compose Jean Nouvel’s National Museum of Qatar, a cutting edge architecture merging with the desert landscape. Inside, 11 galleries narrate the history of the country with multi-sensorial exhibitions.

8 new museums and cultural architectures to look forward in 2019

Written by Enrico Zilli January 4, 2019 2019 addenda architects bauhaus big bjarke ingels group david chipperfield dessau diller scofidio renfro doha germany Herzog & de Meuron hong kong jean nouvel kistefos museum los angeles m+ Museum New York norway qatar qatar national museum Renzo Piano rockwell group rpbw the shed top farrels united states

Kistefos Museum by BIG - Image by Bjarke Ingels Group

From Herzog & de Meuron’s M+ in Hong Kong to Jean Nouvel’s desert rose-inspired Qatar National Museum but also Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s expandable art centre on New York’s Highline and Dessau Bauhaus museum celebrating the centenary anniversary of the iconic architecture movement. 8 cultural architectures worthy a trip in 2019!

7 cultural architectures to look forward in 2018

Written by Enrico Zilli January 10, 2018 2018 ala architects architecture david chipperfield Egypt helisinki henegan pend architects jean nouvel kengo kuma oma paul murdoch qatar Rem Koolhaas royal academy of arts taipei victoria albert dundee

Qatar National Museum - Photo by @aeadesigns via IG.

A concrete cliff shaped like a vessel and a desert rose inspired architecture but also a grand museum by the Giza pyramids and a musical tower remembering 9.11 heroes… 7 cultural architectures inaugurating in 2018.

Preview: 10 creative and entrepreneurial women to shine at Design Days Dubai 2017

Written by Enrico Zilli February 25, 2017 afghanistan aisha alsoiwadi aljoud lootah amy j Hughes ayah al bitar bethan gray carpet Design dubai dubai 2017 fbmi furniture geraldine gonzalez installation ireland jewelry jordan lebanon marie munier naba debs naqsh collective niamh barry qatar rug saudi arabia UAE United Arab Emirates united kingdom women

FBMI rug design created in collaboration with Aljoud Lootah - Courtesy of Design Days Dubai.

Omani-inspired cabinets functional praying consoles and skyscraper-looking tables. Archipanic previews 10 projects and designs by innovative women at Design Days Dubai 2017.

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