Apartment Building in Beirut / Paul Kaloustian

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Paul Kaloustian Architect shared with us his latest project, an apartment building in , Lebanon. See more images and architect’s description after the break.

The apartment building is located in the dense district of Gemayze in Beirut. The street enjoys an alignment of old buildings from one side and a big garden and church on the other. The designed building continues the street alignment while developing an organic growth from the rear part with a garden and a smaller structure. The new building is integrated into the urban environment but at the same time it opens up towards a more generous perception of the city.

Courtesy of Paul Kaloustian Architect

The shape of the apartment building is the direct result of the building regulations in Beirut which allows having different sizes on each floor, thus a range of apartment areas from 250m2 to 500m2.

The transparency of the facades creates an openess towards the gardens while the sunblinds that unifies the facade are creating in-between spaces (balconies) shaded and private. The stretched fabric skin is allowing muted transparency and a continuously changing appearence of the building.

 
 
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nice structure

 
# September 5, 2010 at 19:41
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Albert says:

Very eccentric approach indeed. At first it looks weird. It is weird. But it is a good weird. Creative weird. I am not so sure if it is going to be built as presented, but spirit of architecture as an Art, not as Business is definitely there… Cool project. (Not so sure how it works for Mr. Kaloustian’s business-wise but gains him respect from colleagues for sure.)

 
# September 5, 2010 at 21:50
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Chris says:

Too bad the facade has been toned down considerably from the concept. Still rather cool, but way less kinky…. I would like to see the back of it as well, although it might just be a plain glass wall.

Bidets and maid’s rooms? AWESOME!

 
# September 5, 2010 at 22:20
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Nice concept, but nothing for people on the street. It does not has human scaled details on the bottom…

 
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