Re-Engineering the Arab City Center in Doha

The Qatari capital’s “Musheireb [project] learns from traditional urban models and uses modern architecture a world away from the dim glass towers of the business district. … So where Abu Dhabi apes a broad Manhattan-style city grid, Doha’s Musheireb adopts tight, discontinuous streets and alleys – so that the hot wind which gathers heat as it blows is diverted and coerced into a cooling breeze.”