https://youtu.be/HYd7QCEGuV8?si=p9ILX91ZRp3KuTv5 National Museum of Qatar / Ateliers Jean Nouvel The building design is inspired by a mineral formation commonly found in the deserts of the Gulf region. The ‘desert rose’ is a rock formed when minerals crystallize in the crumbly soil just below the surface of a shallow salt basin. The system of interlocking disks surrounding the historic palace l..