Location DOHA, QATAR
How would you feel if you landed amidst a sci-fi movie set that you saw growing as a kid? Doha, the capital city of Qatar, feels like that at first sight to me. Tall skyscrapers, twisted buildings of glass and steel, bent and jutting out at impossible angles—I stare in amazement at the architectural marvels designed by A-list architects like Jean Nouvel, Zaha Hadid, I.M. Pei, Rem Koolhaas, Alejandro Aravena and Arata Isozaki—all Pritzker Architecture Prize winners.
A gleaming vision of the future, the city seems like a playground of the wealthy. As if on cue to my meandering thoughts I catch sight of yachts anchored on the electric blue Persian Gulf with the Doha skyline in the backdrop. If you’ve seen the trailer of , starring Jason Statham, that’s set to release early
