Magnusson Klemencic Associates

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

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

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