Anyone who has ever traveled through Dubai knows the Clock Tower. The tower has been standing for 50 years on a traffic island in the first roundabout, which was built in Dubai. The Clock Tower is also one of the most internationally famous buildings in Dubai. It all began with a very large clock, a present from the then ruler of Doha, he was also the son-in-law of the former ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum. That was in the early 1960's. This watch was handed over during Dubai's first oil expedition. At first, Sheikh Rashid did not know what to do with the gift and where to put it, so he asked Mr. Bulard. He had just completed the construction of the Zabeel Palace and had time, so he could make a sketch for the Clock Tower.
His idea was to build the tower on a roundabout, because the tower was very well protected. So the first roundabout was built in Dubai. The architect of the Dubai Clock Tower was not Mr. Bulard, that was Zaki Al-Homsi, he came from Syria. The construction started in 1963, Mr. Zaki Al-Homsi built the tower in two phases. After only ten months the construction was over. The tower was built in an open form, so that the motorists came safely through the roundabout.
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