This new urban centre brings
together the the Omani National Theatre, the National Archives and the National
Library. The complex emerges in a unique landscape, between the sea and the
mountains, as an oasis made up of palms and mineral columns. The cultural
centre is covered by a canopy, which is bent at its western side by the
National Theatre.This musharabieh canopy that filters sunbeams is a reference
to Omani architecture; in the same way, a trickle crosses covered gardens in
reference to falajs.