Tag Beirut, Lebanon

10-10-2018

WORKac Beirut Museum of Art: An open museum for Beirut

Studio WORKac has designed an art museum with a permeable envelope in Beirut, an iconic building that forms an urban landmark in a new public park with a focus on art.

12-09-2018

The Livability of the Mediterranean Hinterland, Venice Biennale

As part of the Meetings on Architecture programme to be held during the 16th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia from May to November 2018, the Pavilion of Lebanon is organising a conference on the hinterland of Mediterranean cities.

08-08-2018

Beirut, The Shape of A City, Nathaniel Rackowe

An exhibition at the Letitia Art Gallery in Beirut showcases Nathaniel Rackowe's latest work called The Shape of A City, where the British artist uses Beirut as the specific departure point to investigate the ever-changing nature of cities, and their continual destruction and renewal.

10-04-2018

Richard Yasmine and the bearable lightness of design

With HAWA Beirut, Lebanese designer Richard Yasmine created a collection of pastel-hued furniture with a timeless beauty, whose arches are a tribute to Lebanese architecture.

23-02-2018

The best skyscrapers in the Middle East and Africa nominated for the 2018 CTBUH Awards

Four skyscrapers in the Africa and Middle East macro-region have been nominated by the CTBUH for the distinction of Best Tall Building Middle East & Africa 2018.

22-12-2017

Shifting Lights, an art, photography and architecture exhibition

An exhibition in Beirut that explores the relationship between painting and photography through the vision of an architect.

13-12-2017

Contemporary jewellery and Beirut exhibitions at Maxxi

Maxxi in Rome hosts two interesting exhibitions: a show about the city of Beirut, seen through the work of 36 artists; and a second show investigating what architecture has in common with jewellery.

24-06-2016

Bernard Khoury and the enigmatic NBK residence (2) in Beirut

Bernard Khoury designed the NBK residence (2) in Beirut, a penthouse on three levels that seems to be a separate body from the tower on which it rests, for himself and his family. In the NBK residence (2), a sort of alien home, Bernard Khoury makes contradictory choices representing the changing moods of Beirut.