In the New York Times today, a review by resident architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussoff calls Jean Nouvel’s new design for the National Museum of Qatar his “most overtly poetic act of cultural synthesis yet.” From the early images, I’m inclined to agree. Several of us were raving about it today, wondering why no one had used a disc form this way before. A wonderful reminder that there are still good, simple design ideas out there waiting to be found.
