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Qatar National Library: Exterior
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Qatar National Library: Exterior · Prints in the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha
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Qatar National Library: Exterior · Prints in the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha
4/6 · Exterior · Prints in the Museum of Islamic Art, DohaPhoto: Francesco Bini · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
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Qatar National Library: Interior
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Library · Contemporary

Qatar National Library

OMA · Doha, QA · 2017

Key featuresOne big room whose floor folds up at the corners into terraced shelves, over a sunken heritage library.

Architect
OMA
Place
Doha, QA
Year
2017
Typology
Library
Movement
Contemporary
Region
Middle East
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