Located on the 20th floor of a Beiruti tower, the apartment benefits from a spectacular exposure to light and view. Maybe too much of an exposure, so much light that it demands a darkening.
Combined with a certain affinity for modernity and the purity of its lines, clear architectural references – Gerrit Rietveld, Le Corbusier, Eileen Grey… find their way as the necessary accents in primary color of an otherwise neutral background.
In January 2022, on the 14th floor of the “Domes de Sursock” tower, a vast and welllit apartment looks vividly towards the port of Beirut for a second time. Moving in with a paraphernalia of artworks and artifacts of a certain antiquity, emotional value and narrative complexity, a Beiruti family wishes to explore the contrast between the collection and a decisive sense of contemporary minimalism. This will also be however an opportunity to reflect on this ‘looking back’ at the port that is still the apartment’s main view, despite its state of notable ruin.
The collection is vast and a careful selection will be necessary to properly appreciate a selected object, but most importantly and in line with the client’s desire, to breathe through a certain white emptiness in every corner.
Plot # 2186-2187 is a private residence located on a site of 3,714 square meters in Sakiet El Misk, Mount Lebanon; at an altitude of approximately 900 meters.
With a total built-up area of 2,390 square meters, the scheme is based on the desire to preserve the large number of trees scattered throughout the site. The trees, along with a 10-meter drop at the northern periphery of the site, jointly formed the constraints which led to the resulting programmatic organization of the project.
The Kindergarten is located as part of a local Armenian community’s school campus in the Northern suburbs of Beirut.
The campus presents a rare green lung in a residential development that has developed in the area.
In a city with little green space, the single floor layout of the design of the Kindergarten provides back to the city its entire footprint under the form of a green roof that blends with its surroundings.
– V&V is a neighborhood Gym and Health Bar located in the heart of Beirut. The space occupies the Ground floor and basement area of a longstanding building situated along one of Badaro District’s beautiful calm residential streets.
– The approach was to create a space for people to hangout, workout and be part of a healthy neighborhood lifestyle. Hence, the idea of bringing the outside in, spatially and visually; all the way from the terrace to the ground floor interior and down to the basement.
– The street’s extension to the space is first achieved through the main façade; it spreads through the whole space and is 22 meters long, it is a dominant feature in the design. Folding black powder coated steel framed glass doors open up fully, merging the outside with the inside, inviting people in; even when closed, visual communication is achieved through the see-through facade.
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.
Totalling a plot area of 810 SQM, the plot is on the edge of a cliff which is a privileged spot overlooking the surroundings and offering wonderful views and an exceptional orientation. The House is located in Channiir, at 500m altitude in the Mount Lebanon district. Villa CH730 can be found on a mountainside that falls towards the North, and the access street is located on the south at the top part of the slope. The building site is overgrown on a steeply inclined hillside with a wide prospect over the inclined valley of Chnaniir. Taking advantage of the 25m slope towards the river, the incline played a pivotal role in the massing and shape of this villa.
The client wished for an affordable house which interacts with the countryside through its large windows. Based on the topography, the home is designed to be an architectural experience from beginning to end. The home is full of brilliant solutions and creative ideas for what often seems like an endless stream of problems and challenges designing a house built into a hill. However, the views and unique architectural elements that are only possible to achieve with slope house designs are always worth the effort.
Design collective TheLoveTriangle has designed and completed its off-grid pavilion in Baabdat, Lebanon, to provide its members with a space for experimentation, exhibitions and art residencies.
The pavilion sits in a site that was historically used for agricultural purposes. It features stone terraces gently following the slope, abandoned stone structures, a molasses press, a small water creek as well as a 400-year-old oak tree collectively owned by one of the village's families. A narrow gravel road runs through the terrain and connects the different structures together and to the main road.
With a global portfolio of completed projects including luxurious homes, private yachts and commercial environments, Askdeco, a full-service design firm based in Lebanon, is proud to showcase its Mallorca residential project in the heart of Beirut. Located in one of Beirut’s most vibrant districts, Ashrafieh, Mallorca is a multi-level bachelor penthouse apartment that epitomizes the resurgent vibe of a city home to world-renowned fashion designers, art galleries, performing arts venues and trendy bistros and cafés.
“Mallorca is situated in a new building in Ashrafieh, a district known for its lively streets during the 1960s,” explains Nisrine Nasr, co-founder and interior designer at Askdeco. “For this project, we converted a small studio into a three-level penthouse, providing a very modern and efficient living space overlooking a historic district.”
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.
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