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 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:15:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 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.

]]> By: tengyun http://www.dezeen.com/2008/12/02/museum-of-islamic-art-by-im-pei/comment-page-1/#comment-215725 tengyun Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:18:07 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/12/02/museum-of-islamic-art-by-im-pei/#comment-215725 very good very good

]]> By: Gabriel http://www.dezeen.com/2008/12/02/museum-of-islamic-art-by-im-pei/comment-page-1/#comment-214616 Gabriel Mon, 08 Dec 2008 03:13:04 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/12/02/museum-of-islamic-art-by-im-pei/#comment-214616 OMG! Pei still got it! anyway, pictures 2 and 4 are identical to some work from Cubism and it really works... Pics are absolutely amazing and taken with lots of intention. I'd love to know more about this work any floor plans¿? or sections? the might be quite interesting... OMG!
Pei still got it!
anyway, pictures 2 and 4 are identical to some work from Cubism and it really works… Pics are absolutely amazing and taken with lots of intention. I’d love to know more about this work any floor plans¿? or sections? the might be quite interesting…

]]> By: Joe http://www.dezeen.com/2008/12/02/museum-of-islamic-art-by-im-pei/comment-page-1/#comment-214108 Joe Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:49:50 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/12/02/museum-of-islamic-art-by-im-pei/#comment-214108 Interesting... now please show where the museum goes.. .all I see is a lot of wasted space for some questionable arhictectural ideals. I don't hate the building... but it seems to be a building for the sake of a building and I imagine all the galleries are just buried in the sub levels anyway. Interesting… now please show where the museum goes.. .all I see is a lot of wasted space for some questionable arhictectural ideals. I don’t hate the building… but it seems to be a building for the sake of a building and I imagine all the galleries are just buried in the sub levels anyway.

]]> By: peridothound http://www.dezeen.com/2008/12/02/museum-of-islamic-art-by-im-pei/comment-page-1/#comment-213534 peridothound Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:27:03 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/12/02/museum-of-islamic-art-by-im-pei/#comment-213534 All these responses of pure praise blow my mind - can anyone elaborate beyond pure fellation of the pictures? The massing in light is interesting, yes - but consider the fenestration and those doinky spindle things on the water front: TERRIBLE! This project just screams unconscious pretention. Its not THAT precious - all those severe exterior surfaces but you cannot inhabit any of the space. Pei had an island built so he could place Pei Mountain on top of it, and the proportions are akward, chunky and again I say, the fenestration is just plain stupid, incoherent - especially in relationship to the music of the masses in light and shadow. I agree with R1 - this thing fell out of the 80s. Except for that killer dome interior - that looks flawlessly beautiful. All these responses of pure praise blow my mind – can anyone elaborate beyond pure fellation of the pictures?

The massing in light is interesting, yes – but consider the fenestration and those doinky spindle things on the water front: TERRIBLE! This project just screams unconscious pretention. Its not THAT precious – all those severe exterior surfaces but you cannot inhabit any of the space. Pei had an island built so he could place Pei Mountain on top of it, and the proportions are akward, chunky and again I say, the fenestration is just plain stupid, incoherent – especially in relationship to the music of the masses in light and shadow.

I agree with R1 – this thing fell out of the 80s. Except for that killer dome interior – that looks flawlessly beautiful.

]]> By: Luxury Larry http://www.dezeen.com/2008/12/02/museum-of-islamic-art-by-im-pei/comment-page-1/#comment-213433 Luxury Larry Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:08:53 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/12/02/museum-of-islamic-art-by-im-pei/#comment-213433 Thought it was a computer generated images at first till I spot the 'Officially Opened'. Yes it look very dated but then this is I.M.Pei and his design is always monumental in my eyes. Thought it was a computer generated images at first till I spot the ‘Officially Opened’. Yes it look very dated but then this is I.M.Pei and his design is always monumental in my eyes.

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