Designed by architect Hadi Simaan and AREP and engineer Ove Arup and Partners,[3] the tower served as the focal point for the 15th Asian Games hosted by Qatar in December 2006.

The tower was a landmark of the 2006 Asian Games due to its size and proximity to the main venue, the Khalifa International Stadium.

The final form consists of a 1-to-1.8-metre-thick, reinforced-concrete cylinder (the core), varying from 12 to 18 metres in diameter, encircled with radiating networks of cantilevered steel beams on each floor of its building modules.

The bottom of each module is covered with glass fiber reinforced concrete.

Beams, as well as steel struts tying all the structural components together, are bolted through the concrete core and hence are anchored into place, transferring vertical loads from perimeter columns and ring beams to the core.