Allies and Morrison was commissioned to develop design proposals for the reconstruction of the historic Eid ground in Doha located on a prominent site across from the Al Koot Fort, immediately south of the new National Archive building and adjacent to the Jassim Bin Mohammed heritage house to the west.

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Architects: Allies and Morrison

Location: Doha, Qatar

Area: 43000.0 sqm

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Courtesy of Allies and Morrison, Courtesy of Fatma Al Sehlawi

Client: Arup for Msheireb Properties

Structural Engineer: Arup

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From the architect. Allies and Morrison was commissioned to develop design proposals for the reconstruction of the historic Eid ground in Doha located on a prominent site across from the Al Koot Fort, immediately south of the new National Archive building and adjacent to the Jassim Bin Mohammed heritage house to the west.
Courtesy of Fatma Al Sehlawi

The ground is a roughly rectilinear plot of approximately 4000sqm. Part of the Msheireb Downtown Doha Masterplan, the project was occasioned by the construction beneath the site of one of the developments central cooling plants. The new structure incorporates vents and escape stairs from the below ground infrastructure. The above ground c...