Location:

Msheireb, Doha, Qatar

Client:

Msheireb Properties

Scope:

Traditional Architecture Advisory, Architect of Record, Construction Supervision

Status:

Completed (2016)

Collaboration:

John McAslan + Partners

Originally built in the 1920s, this house is located between Al-Jasrah and Msheireb, two of Doha’s oldest quarters. The restored house presents traditional Qatari family life and gathers, preserves and shares memories of Qatar.

Radwani House provides visitors an insight into how family life evolved in Qatar over the years. The house showcases not only the manner in which it changed over time, but also how domestic family life was transformed in Doha.

The museum also showcases the changes brought about to family life by the discovery of oil and the arrival of electricity.

Excavation works carried out by archaeologists at Radwani House constituted the very first archaeological digs in the centre of the city. These excavations have produced a number of important finds which provide some clues to the daily life during those times.