Doha Tower and Convention Center

Doha Tower and Convention Center
Doha Tower and Convention Center
الدوحة برج مركز المؤتمرات
General information
Status	Complete (Convention Centre); On hold (Tower)
Type	Mixed-use
Location	Doha, Qatar
Construction started	October 22, 2007
Estimated completion	TBA
Opening	dec 2019; TBA
Owner	Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company
Height
Antenna spire	560 m (1,840 ft)
Roof	551 m (1,808 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	112
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Murphy/Jahn; 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)

The Doha Convention Center Tower is a on-hold 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 façade and supported by a structural helix.^[5]

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.