The world’s largest indoor stadium in Doha, Qatar will host the Asian Games in 2006. It’s pedigree is remarkable, created by the architect who designed the ‘Parc des Princes’ in Paris and the Olympic Stadium in Montreal but surpassing both.

This futuristic sporting mammoth is the pride of Qatar, boasting a 250m free span and housing athletic facilities among the best on earth. The space-age Khalifa Stadium dome is set in a sprawling sporting campus covering nearly 300,000m2. It is the centrepiece of a Qatari government initiative called ASPIRE which aims to nurture fledgling athletic talent and create the stars of the future.

Client: Khalifa Sports City Development Committee
Architect: Roger Taillibert
Main Contractor: Consolidated Contractors Int. Co./
Murray & Roberts
Completed: September 2005

Arabian Profile played a pivotal role in materials, design and construction, persuading the client to change the project specifications and substantially reducing costs in the process. Responding to onsite challenges, APL devised a wholly innovative solution, erecting the dome’s internal false ceiling without scaffolding.

In all, APL provided 55,000m2 of acoustic false ceiling with hanging system, roof purlins, roof Kalzip intermediate cladding layer and Reynobond roof finish cladding, all for a coverage area of 85,000m2. Also supplied 1,500m2 of Lexan panels & curtain walling system for a feature conical tower plus 4,500m2 of Glass Fibre Reinforced Polyester (GRP) /Honeycomb canopies for all entrances.