inhabitat.com — The Minister of Municipal Affairs & Agriculture (MMAA) in Qatar is getting a brand new office building that takes the form of a towering cactus. Designed by Bangkok-based Aesthetics Architects, the modern office and adjoining botanical dome take cues from cacti and the way that they successfully survive in hot, dry environments.
Mar 18, 2009 View in Crawl 4
hanclintoMar 18, 2009
Digg, because this just looks awesome, it flows well with the landscape, and is unique!
manzplanMar 18, 2009
they must just have awesome architechs over there because I am so impressed with the designs there and in Dubai
smindsrtMar 18, 2009
WOW that building is the s**t. Gets my digg.
faberskiMar 18, 2009
Now THAT's sharp!
falldogMar 19, 2009
"flows well with the landscape"Where are you getting that from? The area is petty flat.
thestrongropeMar 19, 2009
Got to love bio-mimicry.
gr00verMar 19, 2009
Um.. it looks like something else to me..<a class="user" href="http://i40.tinypic.com/15bk2o.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i40.tinypic.com/15bk2o.jpg</a>
smartcauseMar 19, 2009
I want to live in a building shaped like a pineapple, but this will do for now :)