Rem Koolhaas and Herzog & de Meuron selected to design new institutions
The small, oil-rich state of Qatar is moving ahead with plans to build three new museums, including a new institution called the Lusail museum designed by the high-profile Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron which will be “home to the world’s most extensive collection of Orientalist paintings, drawings, photography, sculptures, rare texts, and applied arts”. The Art Mill project, a vast new Modern and contemporary art venue planned for Doha, is still in development, seven years after the project was first announced.
The plans were released on 27 March by Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the chairperson of the state body Qatar Museums during the Doha Forum, an online “global platform for dialogue”. The panel discussion moderated by Sheikha Al Mayassa also included the UK footballer David Beckham who has agreed to act as an “ambassador” for Qatar in a deal reportedly worth £150m.
The small, oil-rich state of Qatar is moving ahead with plans to build three new museums, including a new institution called the Lusail museum designed by the high-profile Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron which will be “home to the world’s most extensive collection of Orientalist paintings, drawings, photography, sculptures, rare texts, and applied arts”. The Art Mill project, a vast new Modern and contemporary art venue planned for Doha, is still in development, seven years after the project was first announced.
The plans were released on 27 March by Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the chairperson of the state body Qatar Museums during the Doha Forum, an online “global platform for dialogue”. The panel discussion moderated by Sheikha Al Mayassa also included the UK footballer David Beckham who has agreed to act as an “ambassador” for Qatar in a deal reportedly worth £150m.
