First international presentation of plans for Qatar's next generation of cultural institutions

On the occasion of 18th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, Qatar Creates will present the documentary exhibition Building a Creative Nation, the first presentation outside the country of Qatar's next generation of cultural institutions. Hosted at ACP – Palazzo Franchetti, the exhibition will be on view from 14 May – 26 November, 2023.

Building a Creative Nation, focuses on five new cultural venues being developed by Qatar Museums in Qatar with internationally acclaimed architectural practices ELEMENTAL, Herzog & de Meuron, Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), Philippe Starck, and UNStudio. The new developments all will be operated by Qatar Museums which is responsible for preserving and enlarging Qatar's cultural endowment by overseeing the country's growing network of museums, heritage sites, festivals, public art program, and more.

The exhibition brings together renderings, photographs, sketches, studies, models, video, as well as immersive content, to present each project as a considered architectural response to an aspect of Qatar Museums' program of cultural nation-building. Whether new construction or adaptive reuse, each future institution demonstrates Qatar’s commitment to architecture as a strategic tool for achieving the country’s forward-looking cultural objectives, outlined in the Qatar National Vision 2030, chiefly its goal to grow an innovative and diversified society through investment in the creative industries.