Youssef Tohme: New Designs Replace Modern Architecture
Hala Habib
Lebanons skyline is rapidly changing at the hands of its residents. While influence from abroad comes in the shape of Jean Nouvel and Steven Holls recent projects, a new generation of Lebanese architects is pouring their heart and soul and a love of their country into its landscape. Youssef Tohme is the latest architect contributing his talen...
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The Future of the Middle East Hinges on Sustainable Development
Ahmed Moore
Environmentalism in its modern form grew out of the effects of the Industrial Revolution in Europe. Rampant industrialization proceeded unimpeded, resulting in terrible environmental conditions. Large factories required immense amounts of coal and other fossil fuels to operate. Much of the pollution they generated was spewed into the air or dump...
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Guest Editor: Rabih Khairallah, President of Mechanical Consultants Branch in the Order of Engineers and Architects (OEA) Beirut
Until just a few years ago, Rabih Khairallah was blissfully unaware of the steady damage being done to our environment. In 2007, the Lebanese University graduate attended a series of lectures and seminars in Europe and the US that opened his eyes to global warming and other urgent environmental issues. Motivated by the green progress other countri...
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Global Design
MacKenzie Lewis
At one point in the not so distant past, thought-provoking design was considered exclusive to a passionate elite and confined mostly to museums, galleries, and private buildings with eccentric owners. Slowly but surely, it crept beyond walls and boundaries to take over the landscape. International talents are pushing unexpected architectural conc...
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In Lebanons Traffic, A Sea of Opportunity
MacKenzie Lewis
Maybe you''re one of the 1.5 million people with a car registered in Lebanon. Or, like 77,000 thousand other visitors, you drove from Syria, Jordan, Iraq, or the Gulf last year to see the country''s sites. Maybe you traveled by taxi as one of Lebanon''s 24,701 annual European tourists. Either way, you know what it''s like to spend hours in traff...
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Regulations Can Promote Growth in Growing Markets
Ahmad Moor
The Middle East Real Estate market weathered the global real estate bust with some big casualties most of which were in Dubai. But there are signs that that market is now rebounding and regulators are getting more serious about creating laws to promote that growth. Both strata titles and escrow laws have been implemented in the Dubai real estat
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One to One with Fady Abboud, Lebanons Minister of Tourism
Tourism as an industry is closely related to the development of a country or region. In your experience as the Minister of Tourism, which comes first, the chicken or the egg?
[Laughing] This is the eternal question, but Im not sure well be able to answer it soon. Lets consider the facts from where we are today.
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London Design Week
Marissa Cox
While Fashion Week took London by storm in September, there was another event in the UK capitals diary simmering just below its surface. London Design Festival didnt quite whip up the same frenzy as fashion fans following hot on the heels of the latest trends, but nonetheless LDF (18th 26th September) still drew in the crowds, more than 300,000...
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Nabil Gholam: Architecture of the Serene Soul
Hadi Khatib
Maintaining a complex duality and living in a parallax world are sources of inspiration for Nabil Gholam, a world renowned architect whose projects are very much the imprint of a serene spirit in search for mischievous non-conformity.
Stepping into Nabil Gholams architectural office in Beirut, you can very easily fall into the misconcept...
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Designing an Escape: Three new Design Hotels Properties Push the Boundaries of Design with Spectacular Results
MacKenzie Lewis
Claus Sendlinger was ahead of his time. 17 years ago, predicting design would become an integral part of the hotel industry, the German-born publicist and event-planner created the concept for Design Hotels.
What began as a marketing company for contemporary hotels has, over nearly two decades, evolved into a global lifestyle brand. To...
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A Virtual Influence: The Internet's Role in Architecture
MacKenzie Lewis
In mid-April, architecture website ArchDaily.com profiled a project by Danish architect Christian Bay-Jorgensen, owner of Bay Arch. In light of the city's financial woes, Bay-Jorgensen proposed giving Los Angeles's famed ...
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