Tag Beirut, Lebanon

16-04-2021

Everyone is the creator of one’s own faith exhibition by AD Leb in Beirut

In memory of Gaïa Fodoulian, Art Design Lebanon (AD Leb) presents its inaugural exhibition: Everyone is the creator of one’s own faith, in Beirut’s historic Tabbal Building, as one of the #RevivingBeirutArtsCulture initiatives held in the wake of the explosion of August 4, 2020.

07-04-2021

A Roof for Silence, Lebanese Pavilion at Biennale di Venezia

Architect Hala Wardé, founder of HW Architecture, is the curator of the Lebanese Pavilion at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia. The exhibition, entitled A Roof for Silence, addresses the issue of coexistence, a theme of particular importance at this time, and not only in Lebanon.

19-03-2021

Karim Nader, work on the restoration of ten schools in Beirut

The extensive damage caused by the devastating explosion at Beirut’s port on 4 August 2020 also affected many school buildings. Architect Karim Nader is working together with architect Ivana Nestorovic on a rapid-response urgent project to restore ten public schools in western Beirut, giving its children the chance to return to school as soon as possible.

27-01-2021

WHOSE THE FAULT: PLASTIC OR MAN?

“We are consuming resources that future generations should have inherited. The Earth is a closed system. And if in a closed system we continue to consume without measure, the resources will run out. No other species would do that”— Stefano Mancuso

13-10-2020

After Ago new collection by Richard Yasmine

Lebanese designer Richard Yasmine is back in the limelight with a new collection of objects. AFTER AGO embodies the themes dear to Yasmine, who has always placed emphasis on the value of his native country’s artisan work, this time combined with architectural influences from the last century.

01-07-2020

New episode of the Houda Kassatly, 365 photographs cycle

The cycle of exhibitions called Houda Kassatly, 365 photographs organized by the Alice Mogabgab art gallery in Beirut. The pandemic hasn’t stopped the third episode, called Tripoli of the Orient, Plural City, it’s just sent it online, with the photography narrative of the city of Tripoli by the first female artist-photographer in Lebanon.

19-02-2020

Beirut RiverLESS Urban Forest and how to regenerate a city

Since last year, Lebanese architecture studio theOtherDada and Afforestt, an Indian company that replants forests all over the world, have been planting trees from 17 native Lebanese species along the banks of the Beirut River. Concrete action to bring back the green and the city’s environmental quality as a consequence.

05-04-2019

Richard Yasmine and the restorative power of white at Milan Design Week

Can the design of objects around us affect our physical and psychological wellbeing? A glance at the new collection by the Lebanese designer, Richard Yasmine - The Cure - on display during Milan Design Week 2019 suggests that the answer is yes.

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.