In Qatar, the museum built in the form of dunes
New York architect Rafael Uruguayan origin Vinoli presented his draft Museum of Modern Arab Art in Doha. The museum opened in 2011.
Offices in New York Uruguayan architect Rafael Vinoli (Rafael Viñoly) won the contest for the best project of the Museum of Modern Arab Art in the capital city of Doha, Qatar. The building area of about 33 thousand square meters. M, which will resemble a sand Dune, the first visitors in 2011, tells the magazine Dezeen.
The core of the collection will become a collection owned by Sheikh Hassan bin Mohammed al-Thani (Hassan bin Mohammad al-Thani). It has about 10 thousands of exhibits - from early Koranic manuscripts and works of contemporary Arab artists.
Office of Rafael Vinoli known projects such as the Jazz set in New York's Lincoln Center, exhibition and concert at Tokyo International Forum, Kimmel Center for Performing Arts in Philadelphia. Vinoli was a member of the jury to design the tower «Gazprom» in Saint Petersburg.
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