Article source: AREP

Located to the east of Doha, Qatar, the site of the 2006 Asian Games covers 130 hectares and includes the Khalifa stadium, a sports academy and hall, the women’s sports hall, the women’s club and an aqua centre, a fitness centre, an orthopaedic  hospital, and a mosque. Of all these buildings, the Sports City Tower stands as the emblem of the entire Olympic centre.  Rising to a height of 300 metres, the tower is the highest building in the city and can be seen for many miles around. The design of the tower, with its elegant parabolic lines, looks like a torch. At its summit, visible from all over the city, the Olympic flame will burn throughout the games.

Doha Sports Tower

• Architects: AREP
• Project: Doha Sports Tower – Asian Games in 2006
• Location: Doha, Quatar
• Owner: Government of Qatar
• Prime Contractors: Hadi Simaan and AREP (Etienne Tricaud), architects
• AREP team: Bruno Sarret (project manager), Eric Dussiot, Marie-Odile Bosc, Ali Dehbonei, Alan Murray, Cyril Hugon, Ana Paula Vaz Correa, Stephane Mairesse, architects
• Structural ingineer and MEP engineer : OVE ARUP
• Building Contractor: Besix-Midmac
• Timeframe (studies and construction): February 2005- December 2006

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