DOHA | Convention Centre and Tower | 1,808 FT / 551 M | 112 FLOORS - Page 3

ATLksuGUY · #41 Posted **May 14, 2008, 1:25 AM**

So is the top quarter of the tower just decoration/transmitter tower?

woopud · #42 Posted **May 14, 2008, 3:13 AM**

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Originally Posted by 10023

And all look like they're based on this, if it has ever been finished:

The Grollo and Russia towers, at least, have the same tripod shape.

Never been finished, just A pile of concrete rotting away.

Bert

malec · #43 Posted **Aug 19, 2008, 11:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by Tom In Chicago

I have it on a reliable source that they are driving piles for this building. . . Murphy Jahn designed. . . Concrete up to 102 / 426 meters. . . Steel up to 551 meters. . . Emporis listed U/C. . .

From April

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Originally Posted by ahmad.oustwani

I drove down to westbay yesterday and saw the towers render up....took some pics. However, it doesn't specify how high or how many stories the tower is.......pissssed me off.........there you go

Aleks · #44 Posted **Aug 20, 2008, 4:59 PM**

Nice, hope this gets finished.

reefz · #45 Posted **Nov 8, 2008, 5:13 PM**

Can anyone tell me what is the name of the beautiful bullet shaped glass building in Doha? Saw it on the skyline of Aljazeera news channel.

malec · #46 Posted **Nov 8, 2008, 6:32 PM**

November 6th

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Originally Posted by Massilia

NYC4Life · #47 Posted **Nov 9, 2008, 8:10 PM**

One fast growing little city

cageofman · #48 Posted **Jan 31, 2009, 2:17 AM**

I know what you mean but the shard really doesnt look like the design, whereas the grollo building and this Doha centre look exactly the same.

ethereal_reality · #49 Posted **Jan 31, 2009, 5:51 PM**

^^^Those last two photographs are amazing.

theWatusi · #50 Posted **Jan 31, 2009, 11:05 PM**

now that's what I call a hole

NYguy · #51 Posted **Feb 3, 2009, 2:38 PM**

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com...pload_id=10923

youngregina · #52 Posted **Feb 3, 2009, 4:19 PM**

That building is really quite nice i like it a lot. especially how in the rendering the convention centre looks like a sheet of ice in the midst of tropicana. the videogame-esque lights on the tower though are interesting though.

Aleks · #53 Posted **Feb 4, 2009, 1:02 AM**

It looks amazing at night imo! Those colors are amazing and this building will look so futuristic once it's finished!

WonderlandPark · #54 Posted **Feb 4, 2009, 3:30 AM**

Do we know that the work in the picture is not just the convention center part, but the tower? That does not look like a tower foundation (maybe in the distance, where they seem to be digging?)

uaarkson · #55 Posted **Feb 4, 2009, 4:32 AM**

is the upper portion uninhabited?

MapleLeaf · #56 Posted **Feb 4, 2009, 4:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by uaarkson

is the upper portion uninhabited?

I can´t see any floors up there, so I would say yes?

[SP]Neo · #57 Posted **Feb 25, 2009, 10:58 PM**

thats a damn tall 100m sculpture up there.

malec · #58 Posted **Feb 28, 2009, 11:39 AM**

Still no pictures but there's this news from Jan 30th. This means it should be rising soon

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Originally Posted by salman515

Orascom Construction Industries (OCIC.CA) (OCICq.L), Egypt's largest builder by market value, said 50-percent owned BESIX was in a joint venture that had won a $740 million contract to build a convention centre in Qatar.

BESIX Group will provide structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical and plumbing works for a convention centre and tower in Doha due for completion by March 2011, OCI said in a statement on Wednesday.

BESIX, a Belgium group in which OCI has a 50 percent stake, has a $370 million share in the Doha project which will include a hotel, offices, retail and residential areas and a convention centre in a 550 metre tower, OCI said.

Orascom's chief executive said in November he saw company revenue from construction rising 50 percent in 2009 on more infrastructure projects. (Writing by Alastair Sharp, editing by Dan Lalor)

source

Aleks · #59 Posted **Feb 28, 2009, 8:52 PM**

Good, I like this building a lot!

malec · #60 Posted **Feb 28, 2009, 9:55 PM**

Actually the construction site is that huge area in the middle of this picture