Qatar National Convention Center
![A man wearing a traditional white thobe stands in front of a glass wall with views of the expansive exhibit hall with overhead lights and five people standing on the floor below](https://www.mka.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Qatar_Cover-scaled.webp)
Team
Architect
Populous, w/Burns & McDonnell
Contractor
Six Construct
Stats
PROJECT TYPE
Convention Center
COMPLETION
2011
PROJECT SIZE
838,294 ft²
MKA ROLE
Structural Engineer
Doha, Qatar
Qatar National Convention Center
Representing Qatar’s first LEED project, this facility features 61,459-ft² and 215,278-ft² exhibition halls, meeting rooms, prefunction areas, and back-of-house space. MKA’s design incorporates long-span roof trusses for a 236-ft-wide column-free exhibit hall and multi-story interstitial trusses to maintain the contiguous column-free space. The LEED Gold project also includes a 98-ft-by-262-ft connector bridge connecting the convention center to an adjacent technology park. ![Image of Qatar National Convention Center, Phase 2](https://www.mka.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/92821_00_N50_indesign-jpg.webp)
![Image of Qatar National Convention Center, Phase 2](https://www.mka.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/92821_00_N47_indesign-768x567.webp)
![Image of Qatar National Convention Center, Phase 2](https://www.mka.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/92821_00_N48_indesign-768x496.webp)
![A man wearing a traditional white thobe stands in front of a glass wall with views of the expansive exhibit hall with overhead lights and five people standing on the floor below](https://www.mka.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/92821_00_N49_indesign-1-768x501.webp)
![Image of Qatar National Convention Center, Phase 2](https://www.mka.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/92821_00_N50_indesign-768x512.webp)
![Exterior twilight view of the curved canopy spanning the roadway and pedestrian bridge at the Qatar National Convention Center](https://www.mka.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/92821_00_N51_indesign-768x595.webp)
![Image of Qatar National Convention Center, Phase 2](https://www.mka.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/92821_00_N53_indesign-768x548.webp)
![Image of Qatar National Convention Center, Phase 2](https://www.mka.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/92821_00_N52_indesign-768x283.webp)
Qatar National Convention Center
Awards
MEED Quality Award for the GCC Leisure and Tourism Project of the Year - Middle East Economic Digest (MEED)
Middle East’s Leading Exhibition and Convention Center - World Travel Awards