الثقافة والتصميم والعمارة

Jean Nouvel’s interlocking discs, inspired by the desert rose, tell Qatar’s story from the seabed to the present.

I. M. Pei’s geometric limestone museum on its own island, holding 14 centuries of Islamic art. Stay for sunset from MIA Park.

Four restored heritage houses on the history of Doha, the early oil industry and the city’s people. Free and quietly excellent.

Watch falcons being traded and tended at the souq; the falcon hospital is next door.

Galleries, an open-air amphitheatre, pigeon towers and a beach in one walkable cultural quarter.

A converted civil-defence building with an artist residency, studios and changing exhibitions.

Interactive sports galleries in a striking building beside Khalifa International Stadium; strong with children.

“A Sneak Peek at Qatar Auto Museum” fills the Mawater Gallery at the National Museum until 2 February 2027, with a 1957 Ferrari 250 GT Tour de France, a 1965 Mercer Cobra and a rotating spotlight car.

Rotating exhibitions by regional and local artists inside Katara Cultural Village.

OMA and Rem Koolhaas’s vast reading landscape, with books on tiered white terraces.

Arata Isozaki’s façade held up by a giant steel tree inspired by the sidra.

Jean Nouvel’s cylindrical tower, wrapped in a mashrabiya-style screen; best seen from the Corniche.

A World Cup stadium built from shipping containers on the waterfront, designed to be dismantled.

Foster + Partners’ golden bowl, patterned like a traditional fanar lantern; host of the 2022 World Cup final.

Zaha Hadid Architects’ curving roof inspired by the sails of a dhow, in Al Wakra.