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The Abu Bakr al Siddiq Mosque was the second of three mosques designed by renowned Iraqi architect Mohamed Saleh Makiya in Doha. Makiya’s hand is immediately discernible in the corbeled window detail also found …
Tucked away in Doha’s al Hilal neighborhood, the Ahmed Yusuf al Jaber Mosque is a tour-de-force of concrete’s sculptural and structural capabilities. Twenty-four concrete ribs are arranged radially over the center of the prayer …
In 1868, Sheikh Mohammed bin Thani signed an agreement with the British to end a violent dispute between Bahrain and the tribes of the Qatar Peninsula, thereby becoming the de facto ruler of his …
1950 Unknown
1998 Building Engineering Department
2011 Private Engineering Office
The name al Qubib derives from the plural form of the Arabic word for “dome,” referencing the mosque’s most salient features. Its many domes and gadrooned minaret top are unusual for Gulf architecture. A favorite …
One of the last works by Philip Johnson before his death in January 2005, this sculpture was intended to be placed within the sculpture garden of the Arata Isozaki-designed Millennium House for Sheikh Saud …
Located in the center of the Qatar Peninsula, the al Wabra Majlis is intended to serve as the formal reception area and guest villa for favored guests of Sheikh Saud bin Mohammed bin Ali …
(2012) Mohammed Ali Abdullah, Private Engineering Office
Soon after being commissioned to lead the restoration of Souq Waqif, Qatari artist Mohammed Ali Abdullah was asked by the Emir, HH Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani, to lead a similar effort to rebuild …
Scattered around Doha are a number of petrol stations remarkable for their sculptural qualities. Alhadika Petrol Station, located just north of the zoo and pictured here, is composed of a series of striking mushroom-like …
(2006) CICO Consulting Engineers
Built at the behest of Sheikh Mohammed bin Jassim al Thani, this complex at Umm Salal Mohammed (to the northwest of Doha) was completed in 1910 and consists of two watchtowers, a majlis, and …
The Burj Qatar is best described as a contemporary interpretation of the traditional Islamic patterned screen. The building consists of a cylindrical glass office tower overlaid with up to four metal screens depending on …
Carnegie Mellon University opened a branch campus in Education City in 2004 and moved into its own building on August 1, 2008, though construction continued until 2009. The Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMUQ) …
Completed in 1978, the Centre was Doha’s first modern shopping mall, at the time a novelty for specializing in Western imports. It is immediately recognizable for the space frame canopy overhanging its main entrance. …
Education City’s Ceremonial Court was built to be a campus-wide venue for performances and special ceremonies, such as Education City Convocation. Designed by Arata Isozaki & Associates, the Court consists of a central stage …
Completed in 1956, the Clock Tower was built at the same time that the original Diwan al Amiri began construction. Together with the Diwan and the preexisting Sheikhs’ Mosque, it formed an important urban …
The first Diwan al Amiri was completed in 1962 as an expansion to an existing palace and as part of the larger ruler’s complex that at the time included the Diwan, the Clock Tower, …
Shortly after the original Diwan al Amiri was completed in 1962, a residential addition was started immediately to the northwest, but was never finished. As part of the commission for winning the 1975–76 Government Centre Competition, …
2012
Commissioned by Sheikh Saud bin Mohammed bin Ali al Thani, the then-chairman of the Qatar National Council for Culture, Arts and Heritage, this villa was meant to showcase a portion of the client’s impressive …
2006
Completed in 1977, The Doha Club is notable for its stunning concrete waffle slab roof and elegant blend of Modernist aesthetic and local sensibilities, most noticeable in the minimal fenestration of the exterior walls. …
After the State Hospital commission enabled John and Jill Harris to establish their practice, the office of John R. Harris Architects was also tasked with the design of the offices of the Doha Municipality. …
Inaugurated in February of 1984, the Doha Zoo has proven well adapted to the city’s difficult climate. Its striking green space frame canopy keeps the central exhibit area shaded and cool, even during a …
(2014) Arab Engineering Bureau
One of a number of police and fire stations designed by the British architectural firm Ardin & Brookes in the early 1980s, this station stands out for its striking gold screen. Composed of lightweight …
After a limited design competition in 1979, the design by the British office of Twist and Whitley was selected for construction. Completed in 1984, it was designed as an efficient, fully mechanized post office, …
The Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar (SFS-Q) building is Legorreta + Legorreta’s fourth building on the Education City campus, and likely its last as Ricardo Legorreta passed away only a few …
Likely designed by Eric Bedford, then chief architect for the UK Ministry of Public Building and Works, Government House was completed in 1969 on landfill that extended the coast of the Corniche out approximately one …
The Grand Mosque is one of three constituent buildings of the Diwan al Amiri complex, along with the Diwan itself and the Clock Tower. It began construction in the early 1960s in order to …
Designed by the esteemed Iraqi architect Rifat Chadirji and built a year after independence, the Gulf Cinema building (containing both the Gulf Cinema and Doha Cinema auditoriums) was one of the earliest public theaters …
1979 William Sednaoui
(2001) de Brant Joyce & Partners
The Gulf Hotel opened its doors sometime in the late 1960s or early 1970s on a site close to the then-premier Oasis Hotel. The façade features a simple screen comprised of alternating offset rows …
When it was completed in 1984, the Gulf Organisation for Industrial Consulting (GOIC) Headquarters stood as one of the few buildings in what was then the New District of Doha. Today the three-story office block is …
The Hamad bin Khalifa University Student Centre was built as a recreational hub so that students from each of the Education City campuses would have a common place to relax and to interact. The …
Hamad General Hospital was built in response to Doha’s increasing population and the concomitant difficulty caused by an increased volume of patients at the State Hospital. It was built to the west of the old …
The British Political Agency established its residence in al Rumailah in 1963, leaving its previous location adjacent to the Diwan al Amiri complex. The compound consists of two two-story buildings linked by the roof of …
Qatar’s new State Mosque is located on a hill overlooking West Bay and the Corniche in the distance. It was based off of the much smaller al Qubib Mosque, noted as a rare example …
2005
Completed shortly after the Sheraton Hotel, this became the first housing project in West Bay. It was designed by the Azerbaijan-born Greek architect George Candilis, previously a member of Team X and a principal …
Built on a barge permanently moored just south of the Sheraton Hotel, the Knowledge Enrichment Centre contains meeting and exhibit spaces used to educate the public about Doha’s development. Designed by Allies & Morrison, …
Although the design of Education City’s Liberal Arts & Science (LAS) Building is sometimes attributed to Arata Isozaki & Associates, it was actually designed by another Japanese firm, Coelacanth and Associates | Tokyo (CAt), led …
Despite winning the Government Centre Competition, Kenzo Tange & URTEC’s entry was never realized. However, following its cancellation it appears that Tange continued work on the Emir’s Palace portion of the brief (though this would …
Following the failure of an international design competition and three years of negotiations, during which the al Thani family compiled the world’s greatest collection of Islamic art and artifacts, I. M. Pei was finally …
Ateliers Jean Nouvel’s massive expansion to the existing National Museum is a highly sculptural form intended to evoke the desert rose—a rare, naturally-occurring crystalline formation found in salt flats such as those to the …
Designed by Santiago Calatrava, the National Photography Museum was intended to house Sheikh Saud bin Mohammed bin Ali al Thani’s extensive photography collection. It was given a prime position along the Corniche adjacent to the …
Even in its current incomplete state, the new Qatar Foundation Headquarters towers over every other building in Education City; when complete, the twelve-story office block will offer unobstructed views across the campus from its …
The Qatar Monetary Agency was both designed and built at the same time as the nearby Qatar National Bank Headquarters, though the two (originally) had strikingly different appearances. Designed by Tony Irving and Gordon …
The Qatar National Archive is one of three buildings designed by Allies & Morrison that form the northern edge of the new Diwan Amiri Quarter of the Msheireb development, an extensive urban renewal development …
(2005) Unknown
(2009) MZ & Partners
The Qatar National Bank Headquarters and the nearby Qatar Monetary Agency were not only built concurrently, but were also designed simultaneously by Tony Irving and Gordon Jones of Design Construction Group. Despite this, or …
While other, original designs were put forward by Arata Isozaki & Associates, the design selected for the Qatar National Convention Centre is highly reminiscent of their 2002 competition entry for a new train station …
While in Doha for another project, Arata Isozaki was given the opportunity to speak with the Emir. While looking through a portfolio of the architect’s work, the Emir saw his “City in the Air” …
When completed, the Qatar National Library at Education City will become Qatar’s largest and most advanced library and information hub. Over one million books, videos, and primary documents are to be housed in a single amphitheatre-like …
The National Theatre and Ministry of Information Complex was part of a larger effort by the Qatari state to build a number of new cultural and governmental buildings beginning in the mid-1970s and petering …
Notable for its vast, undulating canopy screens and splayed support columns, Woods Bagot’s Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP) complex is the most visible manifestation of the Qatar Foundation’s initiative to draw third-party research …
In response to persistent criticism leveled against the Qatari 2022 World Cup bid and the feasibility of holding the competition in Qatar’s sweltering summer heat, the bid committee commissioned Arup Associates to build a …
1957 John R. Harris Architects
In 1953, while a British protectorate, the government of Qatar held an international design competition for a new State Hospital, sponsored by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). A young couple, John and …
Although Alison and Peter Smithson’s design for the Qatar State Hospital Competition did not take one of the top three prizes, it is nonetheless worthy of note, in part for the design, but also …
Designed by Egyptian architect Kamal el Kafrawi with Ove Arup & Partners (including a young Cecil Balmond), the design for Qatar University’s main campus is an excellent example of a synthesis of vernacular building …
(2006) MZ & Partners
Completed in 1978 by the architectural collaborative Triad-CICO, the Qatar General Petroleum Corporation (QGPC) Headquarters was the first multi-story office block in Qatar. Each floor featured deeply recessed windows and additional shading structures to …
Sited just south of the new Qatar Foundation Headquarters, the RAND-Qatar Policy Institute (RQPI) is the long, low complement to the height of the Headquarters tower. It is composed of a monumental concrete mass …
1918 Abdullah bin Ali al Mail
(1977) Michael Rice and Company, Design Construction Group
The complex that today houses the Qatar National Museum originated in 1912 as the home of Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim al Thani, an early ruler of Qatar under British protection. The compound was built …
This house was built sometime between 1956 and 1959 for Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad al Thani, the older brother of Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad al Thani, later the fifth Emir of Qatar. It features …
The iconic Sheraton Hotel was the capstone to William L. Pereira & Associates (WLPA) development and implementation of the New District of Doha (NDOD) master plan. The idea of infilling the shallow northern waters …
At the behest of HH Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser al Missned, Ushida Findlay Architects and Formation Architects collaborated to design an alternative to the conventional glass box skyscraper. Reacting against sheer glass walls that …
(2008) Mohammed Ali Abdullah, Private Engineering Office
Dating from Doha’s earliest days, Souq Waqif has continuously served as a center for trade and urban life. Literally translated as “the standing market,” Souq Waqif derived its named from the need for early …
The State Guest Palace complex consists of four identical palaces laid out in a bilaterally symmetric plan around a central fountain. A formal promenade highlighted by palm trees and a central water channel (reminiscent …
Completed in 2007, the Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMU-Q) building was the first building designed by Legorreta + Legorreta to be built in Education City, followed by Carnegie Mellon University (CMUQ), the Student Centre, …
The Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (WCMC-Q) building was completed in 2004, although the college had offered its two-year pre-medical program since 2002 (incidentally, the first coeducational program of higher learning in Qatar). …
Located within a large courtyard at the center of Souq Najada, this house includes the last remaining authentic wind tower in Qatar. For this reason it is colloquially referred to as the Wind Tower …
Completed in 1988, the Women’s Hospital was built to complement Hamad General Hospital, continuing the development of what is today known as Hamad Medical City. It was designed by John R. Harris Architects, the office …
Located along the southern edge of Doha’s Msheireb neighborhood, the You & Me Building is immediately recognizable by its glass block infill walls and concrete ornament. Particularly noteworthy is the screen of the central staircase, …
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