‘An Astonishing Creation’ — Jean Nouvel’s National Museum Of Qatar Opens

“In its sprawling nearly mile-long loop of galleries, the museum tells the story of how this tiny nation of nomadic Bedouins and pearl divers became, with the discovery of natural gas, the most wealthy country per capita on Earth in just 50 years.” But without a single entirely vertical surface in the place, none of the exhibits hang on the walls. (For a larger selection of exterior and interior photos, click here.) – The Guardian