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Photographer Captures the Incredibly Abstract National Museum of Qatar

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The National Museum of Qatar was designed byAteliers Jean Nouvelfrom the inspiration of a desert rose.

The massive interior volume is clad in 40,000 wood pieces cut with a CNC machine and hand-assembled.

In a2017 interview, Lanoo explains why he photographs architecture through a framed narrative on a human scale.

Photographer Captures the Incredibly Abstract National Museum of Qatar

Interior byKoichi Takada Architects(Photo:Julien Lanoo)

He asks, Why do we build if not for humans?

I perceive this not only on a social level, but also visually.

For me, the architecture is a reflection of a community.

Photographer Captures the Incredibly Abstract National Museum of Qatar

Exterior byAteliers Jean Nouvel(Photo:Julien Lanoo)

A never-ending quest to see and understand.

To tell the story.

you could find more of Lanoos images on hiswebsite,Instagram, andFacebook.

Photographer Captures the Incredibly Abstract National Museum of Qatar

Exterior byAteliers Jean Nouvel(Photo:Julien Lanoo)

Photographer Captures the Incredibly Abstract National Museum of Qatar

Exterior byAteliers Jean Nouvel(Photo:Julien Lanoo)

Photographer Captures the Incredibly Abstract National Museum of Qatar

Interior byKoichi Takada Architects(Photo:Julien Lanoo)

Photographer Captures the Incredibly Abstract National Museum of Qatar

Interior byKoichi Takada Architects(Photo:Julien Lanoo)

Photographer Captures the Incredibly Abstract National Museum of Qatar

Exterior byAteliers Jean Nouvel(Photo:Julien Lanoo)