Heatherwick set to turn Saudi Arabian desalination plant into museum
British designer Thomas Heatherwick's studio is designing the Jeddah Central Museum in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, which will be located in a former desalination plant by the Red Sea.
Part of a new waterfront district with a focus on art and craftsmanship, the Jeddah Central Museum will see Heatherwick convert the desalination plant into a souk – a marketplace – for makers.
Its main turbine hall will be converted into a "dramatic" exhibition space.
Museum to be "new home for craft, making
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