Doha 2006

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Doha 2006

The Doha landscape has been transformed for the 15th Asian Games, not just with the renovations of sporting stadia but by the abundance of colourful street banners, fence fabrics, giant billboards and building wraps that adorn the Qatari capital.

Whether you’re driving along the main thoroughfares of the capital, taking a walk along the Corniche or even doing a spot of shopping at one of the main centres, you can’t fail to have seen the eye-catching displays.

These range from the vibrant banners hanging from lampposts proclaiming these as the Games of your Life to two gateways on the Corniche to 13 giant billboards portraying, for example, gymnasts tumbling over ribbons across their length. However what is arguably more impressive are the giant building wraps that adorn 32 of Doha’s most prominent buildings, including hotels and government ministries, with colourful and powerful sporting images.

Many of these can be seen by driving or walking along the Corniche, including a rugby ball being kicked on the Rydges Plaza, mini basketball and ‘be there’ on the General Post Office and a taekwondo competitor bowing from a distance.

A little further round near City Center and the riot of colour continues with fencing and basketball images, not to mention a building colourfully wrapped on three sides with pink backed images of two divers tumbling and a water polo competitor in throwing motion.

Other examples include the Barzan Tower with its giant chess pieces, highlighting a sport which makes its Asian Games debut in Doha, and the wushu competitor on the side of the Ramada Hotel. Not to forget the male gymnast cleverly fitted onto the Sheraton.