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The 38-storey building was one of the earliest skyscrapers in Dubai. Stephen Lock / The National

Dubai World Trade Centre, designed by British architect John Harris, is part of a complex of exhibition centres and businesses. Jaime Puebla / The National

Dubai World Trade Centre under construction in the late 1970s. Photo: Gordon Heald

A consultant taking in the view from an unfinished balcony in Dubai World Trade Centre in 1977. Photo: John R Harris Library

A view from above Port Rashid towards the construction site of the World Trade Centre in 1977. Photo: John R Harris Library

BDPBDC Dubai UAE Aerial Of The Trade Centre And Sheikh Zayed Road In 1978. Image shot 1978. Exact date unknown. Alamy

Dubai World Trade Centre is still a landmark in a line of skyscrapers on Sheikh Zayed Road. Alamy

The 38-storey building was one of the earliest skyscrapers in Dubai. Stephen Lock / The National

Dubai World Trade Centre, designed by British architect John Harris, is part of a complex of exhibition centres and businesses. Jaime Puebla / The National

Dubai World Trade Centre under construction in the late 1970s. Photo: Gordon Heald

A consultant taking in the view from an unfinished balcony in Dubai World Trade Centre in 1977. Photo: John R Harris Library

A view from above Port Rashid towards the construction site of the World Trade Centre in 1977. Photo: John R Harris Library

BDPBDC Dubai UAE Aerial Of The Trade Centre And Sheikh Zayed Road In 1978. Image shot 1978. Exact date unknown. Alamy

Dubai World Trade Centre is still a landmark in a line of skyscrapers on Sheikh Zayed Road. Alamy

The 38-storey building was one of the earliest skyscrapers in Dubai. Stephen Lock / The National

Timeframe: 44 years since Dubai World Trade Centre opened

Sheikh Rashid Tower, as the building was originally known, was inaugurated on February 26, 1979 by Queen Elizabeth II

Razmig Bedirian

February 17, 2023

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