World Trade Centers World Trade Centers Located on the Inner Harbor of Baltimore, Maryland, the Baltimore World Trade Center is the world's tallest equilateral five-sided building (the five-sided JPMorganChase Tower in Houston, Texas is taller, but has unequal sides). Its observation deck, called "Top of the World," is open to the public during daytime hours. The Trade Center also houses the headquarters of the Maryland Port Administration as well as hosting office space to numerous companies and several state agencies. It was designed by architect I.M. Pei. ...more on Wikipedia about "Baltimore World Trade Center"
The Bucharest World Trade Center is a business centre in Bucharest, Romania. Among other things, it houses the headquarters of the ABN-AMRO Bank in Romania as well as Bucharest's Sofitel Hotel. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bucharest World Trade Center"
The Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) is a business complex in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, built by H.H. Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed al Maktoum. The complex is comprised of the original tower (built in 1979), eight exhibition halls, the Dubai International Convention Centre, and residential apartments. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dubai World Trade Centre"
The World Trade Center in New York City (sometimes informally referred to as the WTC) was a complex of seven buildings designed by Japanese-American architect Minoru Yamasaki and leased by Larry Silverstein from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey around a central plaza, near the south end of Manhattan in the downtown financial district. The complex contained 13.4 million square feet of office space, almost four percent of Manhattan's entire office inventory ** . Best known for its iconic 110-story Twin Towers, after having survived a bombing on February 26, 1993, all of the original buildings in the complex were destroyed in the September 11, 2001 attacks; two collapsed (1 and 2) and the others (3, 4, 5, 6) were damaged beyond repair and later demolished. Building Seven collapsed in the late afternoon on the day of the attacks. ...more on Wikipedia about "World Trade Center"
World trade centers or world trade centres (usually abbreviated WTC) arose in the United States and Japan in the 1970s, spearheaded by New York City's World Trade Center. ...more on Wikipedia about "World trade center"
The World Trade Centre (世貿中心) was the name of one of the portfolio of buildings owned in Hong Kong by Jardines through its property development arm, Hongkong Land. It has since been sold to Sun Hung Kai Properties. It is situated on land owned by Jardines since the early days of Hong Kong as a British Crown Colony at East Point in the area now known as Causeway Bay, where Jardines had their original godowns and offices. ...more on Wikipedia about "World Trade Centre (HK)"
Built in 1991, The London World Trade Centre is a 89 m, 19 story building in the Canary Wharf section of London, England. The building remains unoccupied since it was heavily damaged by an IRA bomb on February 10, 1996. ...more on Wikipedia about "World Trade Centre (London)"
The World Trade Centre Montreal (in French, Centre de Commerce mondial de Montréal) is a building located in the Quartier international district of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ...more on Wikipedia about "World Trade Centre Montreal"
The World Trade Centre is a post modern structure near Toronto's Harbourfront. Built in 1990, it rises to 36 floors in height. ...more on Wikipedia about "World Trade Centre, Toronto"
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