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    Client : Doha City - Asian Olympic games 2006 - Qatar

    Designers : Hadi Seenan - AREP (architect) - Ove ARUP (Engineer) - MaP3 (facade design)

    Data : Height : 300 m, facade surface : 30 000 m2,

    Budget : 140 000 000 Euros

    Expected completion : End 2006

    Doha City has planned the construction of a 300 m tower to support the olympic flame at the top, and to become after the games a high standard hotel, with revolving restaurant and sport museum.

    The design is based on a central concrete core, covered with a steel mesh facade, with a varying perforation ratio, vertically and on the azimuthal angle, in order to differenciate North and South facades.