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Qatar accused of "counterfeiting 1000 street lamps"
Dezeen Wire: Spanish lighting brand Santa & Cole has launched a lawsuit accusing the state of Qatar of copying street lighting devised for Barcelona by Catalan designer Beth Galí in 1996. 920...
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OMA chosen to masterplan Airport City in Qatar
News: Rem Koolhaas' studio OMA has been selected to masterplan a business and residential development linking the city of Doha in Qatar with the new Hamad International Airport. Called Airport City,...
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Qatar National Convention Centre by Arata Isozaki
Gigantic tree-like columns support the overhanging roof of the Qatar National Convention Centre by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, captured in these new shots by Portuguese photographer Nelson...
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UNStudio introduces public trains to Qatar with metro project
News: Dutch firm UNStudio has developed plans for Qatar's first public railway network in an attempt to encourage more of the country's residents to choose public rather than private transport (+...
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New photos reveal OMA's completed Qatar Foundation Headquarters
OMA's new headquarters building for the Qatar Foundation in Doha is revealed for the first time in these exclusive photographs. Rem Koolhaas' firm has disclosed few details about its scheme for the...
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OMA's Qatar National Library nears completion in Doha
The angular concrete form of the OMA-designed Qatar National Library in Doha has been photographed by several Instagram users, ahead of its imminent completion. Rem Koolhaas' firm has disclosed few...
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IM Pei's Museum of Islamic Art captured in new photographs by Yueqi Jazzy Li
These photographs by Yueqi Jazzy Li show the monumental form of IM Pei's Museum of Islamic Art, eight years after the building completed in Doha, Qatar. New York-based Jazzy Li captures both the...
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Ibrahim Jaidah unveils cap-inspired stadium for Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup
The latest football stadium for the 2022 World Cup tournament in Qatar has been unveiled, featuring a diamond-patterned exterior based on the knitted white cap traditionally worn by Arab men. Qatari...
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Qatar's shipping-container football stadium can be taken apart and...
Modified shipping containers are being used to construct Fenwick Iribarren Architects' Ras Abu Aboud stadium in Doha for the controversial 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar. The Spanish architecture practice's...
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Marcel Wanders uses mismatched patterns and oversized furnishings for Doha hotel
Columns adorned with golden eggs, intricate mosaic walls and giant bell-shaped lights are some of the eccentric features that Marcel Wanders has designed for the interiors of Doha's Mondrian hotel. The...
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Allies and Morrison's Qatar National Archive references traditional coastal...
The Allies and Morrison-designed Qatar National Archive in Doha, Qatar, is informed by the layout and materiality of the Middle Eastern country's vernacular architecture. The archive facility was built...
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Jean Nouvel's National Museum of Qatar nears completion
These new images by Dutch photographer Iwan Baan show the almost-complete National Museum of Qatar, designed by architect Jean Nouvel. The new national museum is currently being built in the country's...
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Mondrian Doha hotel is "a place of fantasy" says Marcel Wanders
Dutch designer Marcel Wanders describes the eccentric and theatrical spaces he created for the Mondrian Doha hotel, in this movie Dezeen produced for the AHEAD hospitality awards. The Mondrian Doha...
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Foster + Partners designs golden stadium for Qatar World Cup final
Qatar has revealed plans for the 80,000-seater Lusail Stadium, designed by Foster + Partners to host the final of the FIFA World Cup 2022. The stadium, designed by Foster + Partners, will be located...
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National Museum of Qatar is "a representation of a nation" says Jean Nouvel
Architecture that embodies a country's values can help improve communication between feuding nations, says Jean Nouvel as the National Museum of Qatar opens in Doha. Nouvel claims the building, which...
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UNStudio creates 37 vaulted stations for Doha Metro
Dutch architecture practice UNStudio has collaborated with the Qatar Rail Architecture Department to create 37 stations for the driverless Doha Metro system, which has opened in Qatar. Consisting of...
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Pattern Design completes "open air-cooled" stadium ahead of Qatar World Cup
The Ahmed Bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan, which will host games on an artificially cooled pitch during the FIFA 2022 World Cup in Qatar, has officially opened exactly two years before the football...
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Stadium modelled on traditional Arab head cap opens ahead of Qatar World Cup
The Al Thumama Stadium in Doha designed by Qatari architect Ibrahim M Jaidah and based on a gahfiya cap has been inaugurated ahead of the FIFA 2022 World Cup. The 40,000-capacity stadium in the south...
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Demountable stadium built with shipping containers reaches completion in Qatar
Colourful shipping containers and a modular steel structure make up Stadium 974, which Fenwick Iribarren Architects has completed in Qatar ahead of the FIFA 2022 World Cup. Formerly known as Ras Abu...
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Qatar builds 2022-shaped building to mark World Cup year
Architect Ibrahim M Jaidah has designed a building in the shape of the year 2022 in Doha, Qatar, to coincide with the county hosting the FIFA World Cup. Built at Doha Sports City opposite the Khalifa...
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A building in the shape of the year 2022 features in today's Dezeen Debate...
The latest edition of Dezeen Debate features Ibrahim M Jaidah's design for a building in Doha, Qatar, that is shaped like the number 2022. Created to coincide with Qatar hosting the FIFA World Cup, the...
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Herzog & de Meuron, OMA and Elemental to design trio of museums in Qatar
Qatar has announced plans to build three museums designed by architects Jacques Herzog of Herzog & de Meuron, Rem Koolhaas of OMA and Alejandro Aravena of Elemental. Chilean practice Elemental will...
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Joan Sibina creates cylindrical sports museum encircled by Olympic rings
Spanish architect Joan Sibina has designed the 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum in Doha, Qatar, which features a cylindrical glass building within five intertwined Olympic rings. The 3-2-1 Qatar...
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Qatar's national stadium revamped ahead of FIFA 2022 World Cup
The Khalifa International Stadium in Doha has been renovated for use as one of eight venues that will host the upcoming FIFA 2022 World Cup tournament in Qatar. Inaugurated in 1976, the country's...
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Ten cultural buildings completed in Qatar ahead of the 2022 World Cup
Qatar has invested huge sums of money to expand its cultural offerings ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup with statement buildings by some of the world's biggest architects. Here, we round up 10...
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Shezad Dawood makes playful versions of 1980s Qatari buildings for Doha...
Artist Shezad Dawood has created an architectural playground in Doha that features miniature versions of four well-known buildings in the city. Dawood worked closely with local architect and...
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Shimmering crystals decorate National Museum of Qatar restaurant by Koichi...
Australian studio Koichi Takada Architects drew on Qatar's pearl-diving history when creating the interior of Jiwan, a restaurant in the Jean Nouvel-designed National Museum of Qatar. More than four...
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UNStudio unveils design for blocky children's museum in Qatar
Dutch architecture office UNStudio has revealed its design for the Dadu, Children's Museum of Qatar at an exhibition of upcoming museums in Qatar during the Venice Architecture Biennale. Set alongside...
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Philippe Starck designs school to "revitalise creative production in Qatar"
French designer Philippe Starck has revealed his design for the Qatar Preparatory School at an exhibition of upcoming buildings in Qatar during the Venice Architecture Biennale. Commissioned by Qatar...
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Qatar Museums launches Design Doha biennial for MENA and international designers
Qatari art and culture institution Qatar Museums has announced the first edition of Design Doha, a biennial event that will feature over 100 designers from the Middle East and North African region. The...
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Herzog & de Meuron unveils sculptural concrete museum on Qatari island
Cultural institution Qatar Museums has released visuals of the Lusail Museum, a robust, drum-shaped gallery and museum designed by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron. Located on Al Maha Island...
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Design Doha set to be "regional home for design" says curator Rana Beiruti
With 100 designers from the Middle East and North African, Design Doha is showcasing emerging regional designers, says Rana Beiruti, who is curator of the biennial's Arab Design Now exhibition....
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Ten highlights from Design Doha exhibition Arab Design Now
A disaster-proof chandelier from Lebanon and a towering sand dune-style stone installation feature in Arab Design Now, the main exhibition at the inaugural Design Doha biennial. Arab Design Now was...
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Architects part of historic "social cleansing" of cities, says David...
Promotion: architect David Chipperfield has delivered a critique of his profession as part of a panel discussion at the Design Doha Forum that is now available to stream on Dezeen. Chipperfield spoke...
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Reviving traditional crafts is a way of "engaging with your surroundings" say...
Promotion: three designers working with crafts have shared their experiences of trying to preserve and revive traditional practices at a panel at Design Doha that can now be viewed on Dezeen. Held as...
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MENA region gaining "a louder voice" in the global design landscape, say...
Promotion: the Arabian Gulf and the Middle East are poised to influence global design trends in an inversion of the West's decades-long impact on the region, according to speakers at a Design Doha...
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