Doha Convention Center Tower
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The Doha Convention Center Tower is a 400 m (1,312.3 ft) tall skyscraper
under construction in Doha
, Qatar
. Construction is currently suspended, but "is expected to restart in 2011". Estimated completion is in 2012.
The building, shaped like a tapering obelisk
, will house offices on the lower levels, apartments, a hotel and penthouse residences on the upper floors. At the very top, a private club will occupy a 60 m (196.9 ft) high glass cylinder surrounded by extensions of tower's facade and supported by a structural helix.
Skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building of many stories, often designed for office and commercial use. There is no official definition or height above which a building may be classified as a skyscraper...
under construction in Doha
Doha
Doha is the capital city of the state of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 998,651 in 2008, and is also one of the municipalities of Qatar...
, Qatar
Qatar
Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...
. Construction is currently suspended, but "is expected to restart in 2011". Estimated completion is in 2012.
The building, shaped like a tapering obelisk
Obelisk
An obelisk is a tall, four-sided, narrow tapering monument which ends in a pyramid-like shape at the top, and is said to resemble a petrified ray of the sun-disk. A pair of obelisks usually stood in front of a pylon...
, will house offices on the lower levels, apartments, a hotel and penthouse residences on the upper floors. At the very top, a private club will occupy a 60 m (196.9 ft) high glass cylinder surrounded by extensions of tower's facade and supported by a structural helix.