Comments on: Museum of Islamic Art by I.M. Pei http://www.dezeen.com/2008/12/02/museum-of-islamic-art-by-im-pei/ architecture and design magazine Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:39:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Mel http://www.dezeen.com/2008/12/02/museum-of-islamic-art-by-im-pei/comment-page-1/#comment-299118 Mel Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:59:43 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/12/02/museum-of-islamic-art-by-im-pei/#comment-299118 Saw it in person. I think of it as a quiet jewel box. The walk up to it has a cascading step fountain with palms on either side. It is so serene and beautiful inside. Also you can't see it well from the photos but if you look back at the building at an angle, the top "box" seems to be a woman's eyes looking through a burka (that's my take on it). Virtually none of the art is from Qatar and the displays, while beautiful, are underlit and, as usual, the captions too small. There are also video displays that show items in the room up close but they are not identified on the screen so you don't know where in the room they are housed. Oddly, the "cafe" is a vending machine. Also, the people at the entrance are likely to be real Qatars (you may not know but most Qatars don't work so it was surprising to see women in burkas working). Saw it in person. I think of it as a quiet jewel box. The walk up to it has a cascading step fountain with palms on either side. It is so serene and beautiful inside. Also you can’t see it well from the photos but if you look back at the building at an angle, the top “box” seems to be a woman’s eyes looking through a burka (that’s my take on it). Virtually none of the art is from Qatar and the displays, while beautiful, are underlit and, as usual, the captions too small. There are also video displays that show items in the room up close but they are not identified on the screen so you don’t know where in the room they are housed.

Oddly, the “cafe” is a vending machine. Also, the people at the entrance are likely to be real Qatars (you may not know but most Qatars don’t work so it was surprising to see women in burkas working).

]]> By: Kais http://www.dezeen.com/2008/12/02/museum-of-islamic-art-by-im-pei/comment-page-1/#comment-226598 Kais Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:07:46 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/12/02/museum-of-islamic-art-by-im-pei/#comment-226598 to iSun: It is the Arabin Gulf as the easten and the western part of the Gulf people are Arabs despite Persian claims. contain your ego... not enough space in this page. to iSun:

It is the Arabin Gulf as the easten and the western part of the Gulf people are Arabs despite Persian claims.
contain your ego… not enough space in this page.

]]> By: iSun http://www.dezeen.com/2008/12/02/museum-of-islamic-art-by-im-pei/comment-page-1/#comment-219996 iSun Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:38:58 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/12/02/museum-of-islamic-art-by-im-pei/#comment-219996 *correction: do you mean PERSIAN GULF? cause there is no arabian gulf ! obviously a simplified version of old Islamic mosques specially in design of the interior of the dome which to the eye of those who are familiar with the middle eastern mosque designs may seem a total surrender to the expected KARBANDI style, but the geometry still sparkles despite of loosing it's complexity. i like the the facade volumes Assembly they totally speak out their origin and traditional orders, and bravo! the site was a perfect choice, over all i congratulate the Architect and the Arabian King for their win-win victory! wink *correction: do you mean PERSIAN GULF? cause there is no arabian gulf !

obviously a simplified version of old Islamic mosques specially in design of the interior of the dome which to the eye of those who are familiar with the middle eastern mosque designs may seem a total surrender to the expected KARBANDI style, but the geometry still sparkles despite of loosing it’s complexity.

i like the the facade volumes Assembly they totally speak out their origin and traditional orders, and bravo! the site was a perfect choice, over all i congratulate the Architect and the Arabian King for their win-win victory!

wink

]]> By: Arshiya http://www.dezeen.com/2008/12/02/museum-of-islamic-art-by-im-pei/comment-page-1/#comment-218941 Arshiya Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:58:18 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/12/02/museum-of-islamic-art-by-im-pei/#comment-218941 Absolutely beautiful museum! i just love'it, I have to visit there once. Absolutely beautiful museum! i just love’it, I have to visit there once.

]]> By: K http://www.dezeen.com/2008/12/02/museum-of-islamic-art-by-im-pei/comment-page-1/#comment-216281 K Sat, 13 Dec 2008 13:31:01 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/12/02/museum-of-islamic-art-by-im-pei/#comment-216281 absolutely beautiful, simple geometry with good proportion. absolutely beautiful, simple geometry with good proportion.

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