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On the Rocks in Faqra, Lebanon by Karim Nader Studio

Friday, February 14th, 2020

Article source: Karim Nader Studio

It is on a spectacular canvas of grays that he desires to retreat. He chooses an inspiring site in Faqra where rock formations carved by millennia of rain and snow compose a natural inviting cradle with panoramic views to the club, the surrounding rock park, the valleys and Beirut beyond.

Image Courtesy © Marwan Harmouche

  • Architects: Karim Nader Studio
  • Project: On the Rocks
  • Location: Faqra, Lebanon
  • Photography: Marwan Harmouche
  • Project partner: Roula Assaf
  • Project Team: Karim Nader with Roula Assaf, Elie Christian Naameh, Yasmina Baladi, Omar Faress Darwish, Elias el Hage
  • Structural engineering: Elie Turk
  • MEP engineering: EAK Signature
  • Construction: MAK Builders, Rami Kassem and Walid Sader
  • Project status: Under construction (due for completion in late 2020)

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Lux Aeterna – Holy Cross Chapel in Faqra, Lebanon by LAAV Architects

Friday, May 17th, 2019

Article source: LAAV Architects

The chapel of The Holy Cross is a timeless religious building, an interconnecting bridge between the past,  the present and the future. It translates symbolism and millennia of tradition and belief into space with a materiality based on the simplicity and harmony of contemporary architecture. Purity of belief  is celebrated in this minimalistic design devoid of earthly distractive elements. The chapel is the third building of the Terra Mater  trilogy of underground buildings. Proposed for the island of Serifos, it possesses a single cliff façade  that faces the Aegean sea, positioning the human vis a vis with the beauty and magnanimity of creation.  The chapel of the Holy Cross is a complete, evocative study of aesthetics, structure, function and engineering enhanced by tradition and featured in a contemporary style, which thoroughly detailed awaits solely for its realisation.

View From Sea Night, Image Courtesy © LAAV Architects

  • Architects: LAAV Architects
  • Project: Lux Aeterna – Holy Cross Chapel
  • Location: Faqra, Lebanon
  • Design Team: Laertis Antonios Ando Vassiliou, Michalis Takopoulos
  • Collaborators: Xanthippi Alexi Vassiliou, Terpsichori Latsi (LOOM Design), Christopher Malheiros

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Casa Brutale – Lyrical Brutalism in Faqra, Lebanon by LAAV Architects

Thursday, May 16th, 2019

Article source: LAAV Architects

Casa Brutale is a geometrical translation of the landscape. It is an unclad statement on the simplicity and harmony of contemporary architecture. It is a chameleonic living space, created to serve its owner and respect the environment. It is the inverted reference to Casa Malaparte, encased and protected by the tender earth that has hosted the human civilization for millennia. It is a complete study of aesthetics, structure, function and engineering, which thoroughly detailed, awaits solely its realisation.

Image Courtesy © LAAV Architects

  • Architects: LAAV Architects
  • Project: Casa Brutale – Lyrical Brutalism
  • Location: Faqra, Lebanon
  • Renderings: Terpsichori Latsi (LOOM Design)
  • Client: DEMCO Properties
  • Head / Project Architects: Laertis Antonios Ando Vassiliou
  • Associate Architects: Michalis Takopoulos, Anna-Rosa Moschouti
  • Interior Architect: OPA (now LAAV Architects)
  • Scriptwriter/Publication manager: Xanthippi Alexi Vassiliou
  • Project management: OPA & Arup Amsterdam
  • Structural, electrical and mechanical engineer; fire safety, acoustics and building physics consultant: Arup Amsterdam
  • Design management, cost consultant and Main contractor: Bloc7
  • Landscape Architect: Partnership pending
  • Programme: Vacation residence of 180m² (concept) – 270m²
  • Design: 2015
  • Realisation: 2019-2021

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