4 Beautiful Architectures You Could Get to Admire in Lebanon Soon
A Dutch firm has just released the plans for a brand new project to be commenced in the heart of Beirut. In the spirit of the reveal, we're sharing the models of 4 unique designs created especially for Lebanon!
A business hub and a residential attraction with a rich cultural identity, Beirut has been the coveted object of many reputable architectural firms, with the target extending even beyond the capital.
#1 Beirut Legacy
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Netherlands-based architecture firm LAAV has conceptualized a neo-brutalist high-rise for the Lebanese capital, and they named it Beirut Legacy .
Brutalist architecture is a historic movement that became highly popularized between the 1950s and 1970s. It is characterized by the use of concrete and steel to create massive building blocks.
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Encompassing 45,000 square meters, the versatile tower contains 400 luxury apartments defined by the small concrete modules that make up the structure.
Beirut Legacy is a 130-meter high tower formed of 70 square meter apartments that surround a concrete core. There are eight different schemes including horizontal and vertical layouts, with or without a balcony.
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In addition to the main apartment building, there is a low-rise volume attached at the base which houses a commercial space.
Proposed for central Beirut, the tower is intended to create a dialogue with the city’s Burj el Murr tower (see below), a notorious 40-story skyscraper that would have been the trade center of Lebanon.
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The west-facing apartments would have views of the notorious structure whilst the north-facing accommodation looks towards the sea. Huge glazed windows connect the contemporary interior with beautiful views of Beirut.
#2 Midori
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Lebanese Armenian and Harvard graduate Paul Kaloustian designed the Midori complex for a corner lot in Badaro, Beirut. The residential building is currently under construction, with its date of completion slated for later this year.
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Driven by a desire to create a ‘tree building’ to combat the extinction of greenery in Beirut, Kaloustian created a stepped design that allows the integration of planters with metal mesh panels.
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The proposed model dominates the skyline, featuring floor-to-ceiling façades where divisions between the interior and exterior are blurred.
Its scheme borrows many aspects of local Mediterranean lifestyle and architecture, with spaces bathed with natural light, sun-breakers, and vegetation.