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In the city of Ordos, Inner Mongolia, the Ordos Museum stands as a bright shell protecting the local culture from the encroaching urbanism.  It was conceived as a reaction against the strict geometry of the city’s masterplan.  Inspired by Buckminster Fuller’s “Manhattan Dome," MAD Architects designed the museum to resemble the sloping hills of the Gobi Desert, on which the city is located.  The m…