Mumbai-based contractor Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has been chosen to build a 40,000 capacity stadium for Qatar’s 2022 World Cup.
L&T’s construction arm has entered a joint venture with local firm Al Balagh Trading & Contracting, each company earning $360m.
Doha’s Al Rayyan Stadium is inspired by the form of sand dunes.
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The stadium was designed by Danish consulting engineer Ramboll and London-based architect Pattern Design. Aecom is the project manager.
Pattern said the stadium would embrace "the country’s traditional culture and heritage" and act as a "gateway to the desert".
In 2014 Qatar dropped its plans to renovate the Al Rayyan bin Ali Stadium in favour of demolishing and rebuilding it.
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The project is due to be finished in 2019.
Images via Pattern Design