#books #architecture | National Museum of Qatar

National Museum of Qatar / Philip Jodidio ; photography by Iwan Blaan, Khalifa Al Obaidly.
New York : Thames & Hudson, 2019.
307 p. : principalmente il.
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura – Siglo XXI – Qatar / Jean Nouvel / Museos – Arquitectura / National Museum of Qatar

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9780500022764
Cita APA-7: Jodidio, Philip (2019). National Museum of Qatar. Thames & Hudson.
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-727.7 NAT
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1157894468

[.en] This volume is published on the occasion of the opening of the National Museum of Qatar in the state's capital, Doha. It explores and celebrates architect Jean Nouvel's innovative design which, inspired by the desert rose with its interlocking disks, responds to the country's desert location by the sea. The museum, built around Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim Al-Thani's original 19th-century palace, honours Qatar's heritage while looking to its future as a thriving cultural hub.

 

#books #architecture | The new architecture of Qatar

The new architecture of Qatar / Philip Jodidio.
Skira Rizzoli, New York : 2014.
319 p. : principalmente il.
ISBN 9780847841110
Arquitectura -- Siglo XX -- Qatar.
Arquitectura -- Siglo XXI -- Qatar.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-72.038(536.4) NEW
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1825408~S1*spi

The contemporary architecture of Qatar includes some of the world?s most innovative commissions built in the past twenty years. This is the most comprehensive publication on the stunning new architecture of Qatar, highlighting more than fifty projects. A small, oil- and gas-rich Gulf country, Qatar has undergone a major transformation since the early 1980s. Fifty years ago, Doha, the capital of Qatar, was a small town built on Gulf commerce, fishing, and pearl diving. That began to change with the rise of the oil economy and the urban growth that resulted. The process accelerated during the global economic boom, creating an entirely new skyline in the West Bay area of Doha, and has continued apace since. Qatar?s landscape is dotted with structures designed by some of the most famous architects in the world, from the Doha Tower by Jean Nouvel, to the Museum of Islamic Art by I. M. Pei and Weill Cornell Medical College by Arata Isozaki. Situated in Education City, just outside of Doha, are buildings for American universities such as Carnegie Mellon University, designed by Ricardo Legorreta, a world-class hospital by Cesar Pelli, buildings by Rem Koolhaas such as the Qatar National Library, and the Al Shaqab Equestrian Academy?a riding venue located in the heart of Education City. The Emir of Qatar, his wife, Sheikha Moza, and his daughter, Sheika Al Mayassa, plan to make Qatar the cultural heart of the new Middle East with an architectural heritage to match.

#books #architecture | Building Arabia : expanding the limits of architecture

Building Arabia : expanding the limits of architecture / text, Oscar Eugenio Bellini, Laura Daglio ; editorial coordination, Federica Romagnoli ; project editor, Valeria Manferto de Fabianis ; graphic design, Maria Cucchi

White Star, Vercelli : 2009.

303 p. : il. col.

ISBN 9788854407152

Materias:

Arquitectura -- Siglo XXI -- Qatar.

Arquitectura -- Siglo XXI -- Bahrain.

Arquitectura -- Siglo XXI -- Arabia Saudí.

Biblioteca Sbc Aprendizaje A-72.038(5) BUI

OPAC Millennium

http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1751645~S1*spi

A valuable resource for design professionals and students alike, this handsome tome documents the most recent and forthcoming architectural developments in the Arabian Peninsula, an area that has become world-renowned for cutting-edge structures that are changing the face of architecture. More than 500 photographs spotlight projects designed by the world’s foremost architects, designers, and engineers in the region of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and Yemen. In addition to photographs of recently completed structures, the book includes renderings, sections, and floor plans provided by architectural and design studios of buildings currently under construction. Supplementing the images, the text provides detailed technical descriptions of each of the buildings featured in the book. From the Al Shaqab Equestrian Academy in Qatar, with its state-of-the-art facilities, to the sustainable architecture of the British Embassy in Sana’a to the Arcapita Bank Headquarters on Bahrain Bay, accessible both by land and by water, this volume encompasses a vast array of projects—recreational, commercial, and residential—in a pivotal area of interest to architects.