Doha Tower and Convention Center
Mixed-use in Doha, Qatar
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The Doha Convention Center Tower is a on-hold 560 m (1,840 ft) tall skyscraper project which was planned to be constructed in Doha, Qatar.[3][4] The structure, shaped like a tapering obelisk, would have housed offices on the lower levels, apartments, a hotel and penthouse residences on the upper floors. At the very top, a private club was to occupy a 60 m (200 ft) high glass cylinder surrounded by extensions of tower's façade and supported by a structural helix.[5]
On hold (Tower)
| Doha Tower and Convention Center | |
|---|---|
الدوحة برج مركز المؤتمرات | |
 Interactive map of the Doha Tower and Convention Center area | |
| General information | |
| Status | Complete (Convention Centre) On hold (Tower) |
| Type | Mixed-use[1] |
| Location | Doha, Qatar |
| Construction started | October 22, 2007[2] |
| Estimated completion | TBA |
| Opening | dec 2019 (Convention Centre); TBA (Tower) |
| Owner | Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company[1] |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 560 m (1,840 ft) |
| Roof | 551 m (1,808 ft)[3] |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 112[3] |
| Design and construction | |
| Architects | Murphy/Jahn[1] MEP_engineer: Arup Consultant: Hyder Consulting Project Management: Turner Architect of Record: Diwan Al Emara |
| Structural engineer | Magnusson Klemencic Associates, Hyder Consulting |
| Main contractor | Besix, Midmac Contracting Company, Eversendai, ETA-Debbas (MEP) [1] |
Construction was suspended following the discovery that the building would impact flight paths to and from Doha International Airport.[2] Construction was expected to continue when the Hamad International Airport was completed on reclaimed land approximately 3 km to the east of the current airport.[2] The delay meant that the building's completion date was moved from 2012 to an unknown date.[1][2] The Tower was redesigned with a similar shape similar to the nearby Al Quds Endowment Tower. After the completion of Hamad International Airport, the plans for the supertall skyscraper were scrapped; however, the convention center was successfully built, and opened in 2015.
