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The Flying Saucer
A 1978 Brutalist building shaped like a spacecraft, restored as a community art space.
- Editor's score
- 4.2
- Visit
- 45 min
- Price
- Free
About
The Flying Saucer was built in 1978 in the Brutalist style and first opened as a café, restaurant, newsstand, gift shop and pharmacy. From 1988 to 1997 it housed a supermarket. The Sharjah Art Foundation later restored the building, and it now serves as a community art space, a striking piece of the city's modern architectural history. Its rounded concrete shell is one of the most distinctive buildings in the city.
Best time to go: Check the Sharjah Art Foundation programme before you go, as exhibitions change.
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