The Heritage Academy

Five months later, the morning sun illuminated the grand limestone portico of the newly completed Qadaar National Institute of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage. Located on an elevated plateau overlooking both the turquoise waters of the Persian Gulf and the historic quarter of the capital, the institute was a triumph of sustainable desert architecture: soaring arches of local limestone inlaid with lapis lazuli and white marble, cooled by traditional subterranean wind…