ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/930978/mare-museum-of-art-ytaa-youssef-tohme-architects-and-associates Fri, 27 Dec 2019 03:00:00 +0000 Paula Pintos https://www.archdaily.com/930978/mare-museum-of-art-ytaa-youssef-tohme-architects-and-associates How to produce architecture in a city described by its destructions, where the population has so long been diminished in its power of memory and its individuality? In this situation of discontinuity, it is a question of awakening the gaze: Convene history as topical news. It's a strong act, a political act that the French - Lebanese architecture firm YTAA proposes to question.

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/905402/villa-t-ytaa-youssef-tohme-architects-and-associates Wed, 14 Nov 2018 03:00:00 +0000 Rayen Sagredo https://www.archdaily.com/905402/villa-t-ytaa-youssef-tohme-architects-and-associates Perched on a steep rocky slope in an area distinguished by its pine forest and captivating views of Beirut and the sea, this house is almost invisible at surface level. Layered, it consists of three flowing expanses of inhabitable concrete. These superposed cantilevered floors support the various elements of the brief, which are tied together by an internal ramp running through the villa. Open floors are presented as horizontal incisions that lend a certain structure to the rugged surroundings. Spacious inside, the cantilevered villa projects itself into empty space. Provocative, it surprises inhabitants with its interpretation of the landscape. With no outer skin, no envelope, it seems no more than an interior, all the more stunning for the way it creates apparently seamless interaction with the exterior.

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/905401/villa-vr-ytaa-youssef-tohme-architects-and-associates Thu, 08 Nov 2018 03:00:00 +0000 Rayen Sagredo https://www.archdaily.com/905401/villa-vr-ytaa-youssef-tohme-architects-and-associates The topographical disposition of this site, with a 25-meter difference between the road and its lowest point, led to a somewhat counterintuitive approach: to view the site as one would, a highly structured piece of architecture. The structure itself was then imagined as a plot with gentle contours. Two expansive roofs, rather like vast sheets, seemingly insubstantial yet solid, trace the outlines of two floors, with living areas on the lower level and bedrooms upstairs. The pre-stressed white concrete structure is taken to the limit of its flexibility. From within, the roof appears to split and crack, letting natural light in through the openings.

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