On the shoreline of the city of Lusail, in Qatar, construction is set to begin this year on a new museum, shown here in a rendering. Look through the gallery to see more renderings of Lusail Museum.
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Designed by Swiss architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron, the museum is intended to be a "world-class arts institution and global think tank."
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The museum will be located on Al Maha Island off the coast of Lusail. This piece of reclaimed land is already home to an amusement park.
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A ground-breaking ceremony was held in December 2023. This crescent-shaped "boulevard" will be a central walkway.
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Lusail Museum will be 30 meters tall, and have a footprint of 11,000 square meters. The building will have five floors, four of which will be accessible to the public, including the roof terrace.
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The roof terrace will also function as an open-air cinema. Architect Jacques Herzog hopes that with its various functions, the museum can attract "new generations" to Lusail.
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The structure will feature four "anchor rooms," each with a design inspired by a different part of the Islamic cultural world. The west room, picture in the rendering above, is based on the Aljaferia Palace in Zaragoza, Spain.
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This central spiral staircase will lead to the exhibition spaces.
