This week on Dezeen, "blood boiled" over architecture studios' use of unpaid interns, and Jean Nouvel's National Museum of Qatar opened in Doha.
Japanese architect Junya Ishigami agreed to pay all staff working on his design for the Serpentine Pavilion after debates arose over unpaid internships at his studio.
Architects who don't pay interns "shouldn't be given prestigious commissions" says designer who revealed Ishigami internships
Designer Adam Nathaniel Furman stated that architects like Ishigami who rely on free labour should be banned from high-profile projects like the Serpentine Pavilion, explaining that the subject makes his "blood boil". The controversy led other practices to reflect on their own internship programmes, with Chilean architecture studio Elemental announcing that it is ending internships as it claims it could not afford to pay workers.
Jean Nouvel unveils National Museum of Qatar in Doha
After more than a decade in the making, the National Museum of Qatar designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Jean Nouvel was revealed this week.
According to Nouvel, the museum was designed to "reflect the contemporary spirit of Qatar". Each of it's interlocking discs is clad in a glass-fibre reinforced concrete with a sandy hue that evokes the desert landscape.
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