| Doha Tower and Convention Center | |
| Native Name: | الدوحة برج مركز المؤتمرات |
| Location: | Doha, Qatar |
| Status: | Complete (Convention Centre) On hold (Tower) |
| Start Date: | October 22, 2007 |
| Est Completion: | TBA |
| Opening: | dec 2019; TBA |
| Building Type: | Mixed-use |
| Antenna Spire: | 560m (1,840feet) |
| Roof: | 551m (1,808feet) |
| Floor Count: | 112 |
| Architect: | 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) |
| Owner: | Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company |
The Doha Convention Center Tower is a on-hold 551m (1,808feet) tall skyscraper project which was planned to be constructed in Doha, Qatar.[2] [3] 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 60m (200feet) high glass cylinder surrounded by extensions of tower's façade and supported by a structural helix.[4]
Construction was suspended following the discovery that the building would impact flight paths to and from Doha International Airport.[5] 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. The delay meant that the building's completion date was moved from 2012 to an unknown date. 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.