Doha Tower and Convention Center

The Doha Convention Center Tower is a never completed 551 m (1,808 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 facade and supported by a structural helix.

Doha Tower and Convention Center
الدوحة برج مركز المؤتمرات
General information
StatusComplete (Convention Centre)
On hold (Tower)
TypeMixed-use[1]
LocationDoha, Qatar
Construction started2007[2]
Estimated completion-
Openingdec 2019
OwnerQatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company[1]
Height
Antenna spire570 m (1,870 ft)
Technical details
Floor count115
Design and construction
ArchitectMurphy/Jahn[1]
MEP_engineer: Arup
Consultant: Hyder Consulting
Project Management: Turner Architect of Record: Diwan Al Emara
Structural engineerMagnusson Klemencic Associates, Hyder Consulting
Main contractorBesix, 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.

See also

References
  1. "Doha Convention Centre and Tower". Construction Week Online. 2009-07-16. Retrieved 2010-01-14.
  2. "Flight concerns stop 550m Doha tower development". ConstructionWeekOnline.com. 2012-01-31. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
  3. "Doha Convention Center Tower - The Skyscraper Center". www.skyscrapercenter.com. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
  4. "Doha Convention Center Tower". Emporis. Retrieved 2010-01-14.

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