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

Team

Architect

Populous, w/Burns & McDonnell

Contractor

Six Construct

Stats

PROJECT TYPE

Convention Center

COMPLETION

2011

PROJECT SIZE

77,880 m²

MKA ROLE

Structural Engineer

Doha, Qatar

Qatar National Convention Center

Representing Qatar’s first LEED project, this facility features 15,000-m² and 20,000-m² exhibition halls, meeting rooms, prefunction areas, and back-of-house space. MKA’s design incorporates long-span roof trusses for a 72-m-wide column-free exhibit hall and multi-story interstitial trusses to maintain the contiguous column-free space. The LEED Gold project also includes a 30-m-by-80-m connector bridge connecting the convention center to an adjacent technology park.
Image of Qatar National Convention Center, Phase 2
Image of Qatar National Convention Center, Phase 2
Image of Qatar National Convention Center, Phase 2
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
Image of Qatar National Convention Center, Phase 2
Exterior twilight view of the curved canopy spanning the roadway and pedestrian bridge at the Qatar National Convention Center
Image of Qatar National Convention Center, Phase 2
Image of Qatar National Convention Center, Phase 2

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

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