Qatar National Library

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About this building

Qatar National Library, designed by OMA, Rem Koolhaas, is located at Education City, Doha, Qatar. It was designed in 2008 - 2010  and built in 2012 - 2017.

It has a total built-up area of 31,000 m²

Other people involved in the desing and construction process of the Qatar National Library were:

  • Inside Outside as Landscape Architect
  • ARUP as Structural Engineer
  • DHV as Acoustic Engineer
  • Inside Outside as Decorator
  • Fundación Qatar as Founder

If you want to learn more about the Qatar National Library, don't hesitate to check the full article! Were you'll find a lot more information about it, including historical context, concept development, type of structure and materials used, and more.

About this photo

This photo was taken by on 2018:12:25 10:03:16. The image has been post-processed using Adobe Lightroom 2.3 (Windows), so it's possible that the shapes and/or colors have been modified, although these changes are usually minor and meant to improve the quality of the photo.

The camera used by the author of this photo was Canon EOS M by Canon, with a shutter speed of 1/200, a focal distance of 28/1 and an IOS of 800.

Image quaility

A shutter speed of 1/200 means the sensor was exposed for 0.005 seconds. This is a low enough value to guaranty that the image is probably sharp, even if captured without a tripod or if it has moving objects in it.

An ISO of 800 means the lightning conditions this photo was taken in were probably poor. This might be a night or interior photo taken without a tripod and therefore it might have quite a lot of "noise", especially if zoomed in to 100%.

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