Projects
Selected projects
Naqesh was registered in 2025. The projects that follow were carried out by the practice before the company was formed, for the Private Engineering Office of the Amiri Diwan and the Ministry of Culture. The dates are the dates of the work. Full references, roles and scope are available for prequalification.
Reconstruction · from 2007 · Ministry of Culture
Al Wusail historic town and fort
A coastal town founded in 1900 and dismantled in the 1950s. Reconstruction began in 2007, using surviving foundations and 1940s aerial photographs to rebuild the fort and more than sixty houses.
Reconstruction study · Ministry of Culture collection
Rebuilt 2009
The gate of Al Wusail fort
Rebuilt in 2009 from records preserved in Qatar’s museums. Its rosettes, interlace and carved calligraphy remain a direct source for our furniture and gypsum motifs.
Excavation and reconstruction · 2016–2017 · Ministry of Culture
Al Dhaayen historic town
A pearl-diving town founded in 1878 and abandoned when its stone was carried off to the new towns. By early 2017 the settlement had been uncovered, including the Sheikh’s palace and its domed mosque.
Reconstruction study · Ministry of Culture collection
Exhibition design and build · 2017
The Al Dhaayen discoveries
We designed and built the on-site exhibition that presented what the excavation found: carved ornament from the buildings, the mosque mihrab, coins, copper vessels and the tools of the diving season.
Restoration and reconstruction · 2009, reopened 2012
Balqubaib Mosque, Doha
A traditional domed Qatari mosque, first built in 1878. Restored in 2009 and reopened for prayer in 2012.
Reconstruction study · Ministry of Culture collection
Traditional construction · 2009
Forty-four domes, no steel
The domes were built by the historic method, in stone and gypsum, without steel reinforcement — a technique that is barely practised now, and keeping it in use was part of the point.
Also on the record
Eight more, in brief
Dates, roles and scope for any of them are given on request.
Reconstruction · from 2007
Al Wakrah historic town
The historic town and its souq.
Study · 2021
The Doha Palace, the historic Amiri Diwan
A reconstruction study, Ministry of Culture collection.
Waterfront · 2010 · souq 2014
Al Khor marine frontage
A frontage on the corniche, with the souq at Ain Hleetan.
Restoration · 2013
Sheikh Ali’s palace, Al Kharaan
The palace and its grounds.
Restoration · 2001
Barzan towers, Umm Salal Mohammed
The historic watchtowers, restored and maintained.
Interior design
Office of the Minister of Culture
Carved gypsum, marquetry joinery, patterned stone floor.
Design and execution
Private majlis
No client is named: nothing is published without written consent.
Design and execution
Gulf heritage doors and windows
Carved in the solid, sized to the opening.