Museum of Islamic Art in Qatar (10 photos) Bashny.Net

Not long ago, the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has asked the architect Io Ming Pei to build him a magnificent museum for art of the Middle East. However, the architect who created the famous glass pyramid of the Louvre, refused: "I'm too old," - said the 91-year-old Io Ming, "and hardly familiar with the culture of the construction of the home of the Emir." But the sheikh insisted until the American master of Chinese origin did not agree to execute the order, however, when one uslovii- museum will be built on a separate, specially created for him peninsula, that the skyscrapers of Doha does not eclipse its beauty. Thus began a great project to move the center of Muslim culture in Qatar ...





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10. Museum of Islamic Art will be opened on 22 November.



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