Credit:
Brian Clarke, Al-Faisaliah-Kompelx, King Faisal Foundation; Architect: Foster + Partners
Fotocredit:
Brian Clarke, Martin Booth, Foster + Partners
We wanted to create a wall that would evoke a sense of place and culture – the genius loci. It’s conceived on an extraordinary scale – a kind of transparent desert mirage, with multiple references to desert flora and fauna: the desert rose; rippling sand dunes – which appear to oscillate as you pass – and of course a camel. It has a luminous quality, and bathes the space in a wonderful coloured light.
Brian Clarke: BBC documentary Colouring Light, 2011
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