Hamad International Airport is Qatar's principal international airport, serving the capital Doha as the home base of the national carrier Qatar Airways and ranking among the busiest airports in the Middle East. It began passenger operations on April 30, 2014, with the remaining carriers relocating from the older Doha International Airport by May 27, 2014, and its terminal and concourses were designed by the American firm HOK, with Bechtel managing overall development and the contractors TAV Construction of Turkey and Taisei Corporation of Japan handling engineering and construction. The airport is built around an oasis theme, spanning about 36 square kilometers, roughly half of it on reclaimed land, with wave shaped roofs and desert plants irrigated with recycled water; its duty free hall is anchored by a seven meter bronze teddy bear sculpture by the Swiss artist Urs Fischer, and its mosque is topped by a mushroom domed aluminum and glass ceiling inspired by falling water droplets.
Facts
Building Type Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account Classification
Standing Status Building Type
Building Type (category)Transport Terminal (Airport, Ferry, etc.) 1 Connections
Has Building Type
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Qatar, located there.
Sources
1. Hamad International Airport - Wikipedia
Introduction, sentence 1
is an international airport in Qatar
Infobox, location
Doha, Qatar
- infobox building_type/type field: Public
Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
Hamad International Airport is Qatar's principal international airport, serving the capital Doha as the home base of the national carrier Qatar Airways and ranking among the busiest airports in the Middle East. It began passenger operations on April 30, 2014, with the remaining carriers relocating from the older Doha International Airport by May 27, 2014, and its terminal and concourses were designed by the American firm HOK, with Bechtel managing overall development and the contractors TAV Construction of Turkey and Taisei Corporation of Japan handling engineering and construction. The airport is built around an oasis theme, spanning about 36 square kilometers, roughly half of it on reclaimed land, with wave shaped roofs and desert plants irrigated with recycled water; its duty free hall is anchored by a seven meter bronze teddy bear sculpture by the Swiss artist Urs Fischer, and its mosque is topped by a mushroom domed aluminum and glass ceiling inspired by falling water droplets.
View the Source2. Hamad International Airport (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata date-of-opening/inception statement (2014)Quote, Wikidata date-of-opening/inception statement (2014)
Wikidata item Q1198791, property P1619: 2014
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