Doha Tower
Located in the central new town of Doha, the capital of Qatar, the project is about 100m away from the coastline of the Arab Gulf. The exterior frame of the tower is constituted by nine pairs of reinforced concrete batter posts crossing with each other in spatial spiral network pattern, creating a miracle in the field of reinforced concrete design
| Project Location: | Doha, Qatar |
| Building Area: | 118,000㎡ |
| Building Height: | 231.5m |
| Client: | China State Construction Engineering Corp. Ltd. |
| Partner: | Atelier Jean Nouvel |
| Designed/completed: | 2004/2011 |
| Product Category: | Public building and business office |
| Specialty Involved: | Building, structure and interior |
The building on the whole is wrapped on the outside with butterfly patterns and aluminum shading louver, and is provided with shading units of different sizes and levels in all directions according to different shading demands, thus to create Arabian-style patterns and changing yet uniform facades. The project has been elected among the Best High-rises 2012 by CTBUH