QATAR TO BUILD NEW WATERFRONT ART COMPLEX

Qatar has launched an international competition to find an architect to build what it’s calling the Art Mill—a vast flour mill and its grain silos—into an art complex that will house the growing collections of the country’s museums, according to the Art Newspaper’s Javier Pes. A conservation center and museum storage, as well as education, conference, and event space, will also be part of the project. According to the competition brief, the Art Mill will measure over 800,000 square feet.

The waterfront location will face the I.M. Pei-designed Museum of Islamic Art across the bay, and is close to National Museum of Qatar, currently under construction.