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© Paul Crosby
Architects: VJAA
Location: Beirut, Lebanon
Program: Assembly, Restaurant, Recreation, Higher education, Theater, Gymnasium, Pool
Site area: 32,488 sqm
Constructed area: 18,950 sqm
Project year: 2008
Photographs: © Paul Crosby
NRJA, previously featured on our AD Futures series, shared their entry for the House of Arts and Culture competition in Beirut, Lebanon.
Project description and images after the break. read more »
A couple of days ago we featured the winning proposal for the new Arts and Culture House in Beirut from Alberto Catalano.
Today, we bring you the proposal from portuguese architects Kaputt!, who received an honorable mention in the international competition.
Images and architect’s description after the break. read more »
Italian architect Alberto Catalano of Teknoarch has just won the international competition to design the New Arts and Culture House in Beirut, Lebanon. Catalano won a $75,000 prize and a comission for the project. The Arts and Culture House will be the first of its kind in Lebanon and is funded by a $20 million gift from the Sultanate of Oman. The project should be complete in 2013.
The second prize went to Beatriz Ramo Lopez de Angulo with STAR strategies+architecure, from The Netherlands. The third prize went to Grigoryan Yury with Project Meganom from Russia.
Seen at Bustler. More images after the break. read more »
