Designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer between 1962 and 1967, the Rachid Karami International Fair in Tripoli is one of the ancient port city's most unique and unusual spectacles. The vast exhibition center was intended to draw around two million visitors a year, showcasing the country's cultural standing both in the Middle East and around the world, but it wasn't completed. When civil war broke out in 1975, construction ground to a halt and was never resumed, leaving the sea air to s...
