The public has noted the building's "phallic form",[7][8] suggestive of what Nouvel calls a "fully assumed virility.

The design is unique, the first skyscraper with internal reinforced concrete diagrid columns, which form a cross (X) shape that connects with the eye-catching cylindrical facade.

Islamic screens were designed to shade the building from high temperatures as well as the unpleasant sand residue found on glass throughout the region.

Its cylindrical shape is reminiscent of Nouvel's Torre Glòries office building in Barcelona, which served as conceptual inspiration for the Doha Tower.

The floor panels, consisting of calcium sulphate, feature unique dimensions of 500 x 500 mm and are applied with a special scratch-resistant covering made of galvanised steel sheets.