On the evening of March 27, as the sun set, bringing a gentle breeze and relief from the day's heat in Doha, more than 700 guests assembled for the inauguration of the National Museum of Qatar, Jean Nouvel's latest project in the Gulf States, which opens to the public on March 28.
Anchored along the Corniche, the crescent-shaped waterfront promenade in the oil-rich country's rapidly burgeoning capital city, the new building, not surprisingly, is not meek. An immense collision of sandy-hued concrete disks are arrayed in a loop like a toppled stack of dinner plates—a form, says the architect, that was inspired by the desert rose, a mineral formation found in the deserts of the Gulf region.
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