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How Environments Shape Outdoor Dining Spaces: 24 Architectural Approaches

Olivia Poston — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Outdoor terraces occupy a familiar threshold in cities around the world, operating as social rooms that sit between interior space and open air to host rituals of daily life. People meet to share a drink, watch the street's movement, or pause before returning to their routines. These places serve as cultural settings as much as commercial ones, revealing how hospitality and public life intersect to shape the city's character.

Fayssal Residence / Studio Paul Kaloustian

Pilar Caballero — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 02:00:00 +0000

Elegant Duplex Overlooking the Beirut Hippodrome – Nestled in the tranquil neighborhood of Badaro, this sophisticated duplex apartment offers a harmonious blend of modern design and natural vistas. Strategically positioned along the perimeter of the structure, it enjoys uninterrupted views in all four directions, including the lush greenery of the Hippodrome.

Are Living Rooms Still Relevant? 16 Projects that Explore how these Private Gathering Spaces Adapt to the Contemporary Home

Dima Stouhi — Sat, 11 Nov 2023 07:30:00 +0000

Today, architecture has become - or is in the process of becoming - more flexible and individualistic to accommodate people's diverse lifestyles and spatial needs. With this adaptation, the residential typology has changed and living rooms have become endangered. Many insist on the need of having a space dedicated to relaxation and leisure, while others claim it is simply a waste of space and money. This debate raised an important question: do we still need living/sitting rooms? In this interior focus, we will look at how living rooms evolved through the years, and how architects readapted and integrated the concept of “gathering space” in contemporary residential architecture.

How Far Should Your Sofa Be From The TV?

Agustina Iñiguez — Sat, 23 Sep 2023 07:30:00 +0000

There are a series of multiple factors to take into account when deciding where to place a TV, including —but not limited to— the dimensions of both the furniture and the TV, image resolution, height, design, and so on.

In this article, we share some recommendations to achieve the comfort and well-being of the users avoiding possible problems of visual fatigue or unfortunate body postures.

20 Architecture Tips from 2021

Agustina Iñiguez — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 05:00:00 +0000

We are starting to say goodbye to the year and after a review of all the contents developed, we find ourselves with a wide range of architectural advice that involves both interior and exterior spaces. Addressing issues from the domestic sphere to more technical and decisive questions, these are intended to serve as a guide and/or suggestions, rescuing those necessary considerations to take into account when planning our spaces, regardless of the use or the future they contemplate.

Somnus Hotel & Spa / arches

Valeria Silva — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 12:00:00 +0000

Diving into a dream is taken for granted by us, while it is quite unusual to imagine a dreaming building. Therefore, this hotel does dream - it dreams of a powerful oak tree that once grew here, which is remembered by everyone even after being defeated by lighting. It also dreams of the surrounding wooden villas, whose echoes can be found in the proportions of the buildings. It dreams of Druskininkai resort forests, where pines create performances of light. Finally, it dreams of its inhabitants coming to discover the pleasures of sleep. The best place for such a building - the historic healing resort of Druskininkai, where wooden old villas reside, mineral springs gush, and pine forests flourish.

Where the Roads Meet House / arches

Andreas Luco — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 10:00:00 +0000

When we think of crossroads, we rarely call it a MEETING place of roads, much more often just their intersection. And after all, this place makes us stop, choose another direction of movement, see each other. It is a kind of mythological place, also mentioned in fairy tales, legends, where heroes are forced to decide their own destiny. The clients chose a plot in a small, cozy community located along a suburban street, having only a single crossroad.

PH-13 Apartment / Atelier L'inconnu

Valeria Silva — Sat, 16 Jan 2021 21:00:00 +0000

Located off the Charles Malek Avenue in an eastern district of Beirut, PH-13 crowns the building in which it is housed. Though it sits well above the bustle of the dense area in which it is situated, it does not seek to escape the urban fabric of its city, but rather embraces it.

LSB Regional Headquarters / Domaine Public Architects

Valeria Silva — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The LSB regional headquarters, located in the city of Tyre on the southern coast of Lebanon, examines the untapped potential in challenging established code. Tyre witnessed uncontrolled urban development during the Lebanese civil war that spanned from 1975 to 1991. Post-war, newly adopted building codes favored an increase in densification of existing neighborhoods and a disregard for public space. “Presented with a cornerstone lot in a vacant newly repurposed agricultural zone, we encountered both a challenge and a responsibility,” explains Karim Fakhry, principal at Domaine Public Architects.

PASAKA Cinema House / Audrius Ambrasas Architects

Andreas Luco — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 20:00:00 +0000

PASAKA cinema house is a part of 'Paupys' quarter - a piece of large-scale district conversion project that transforms old capital areas into harmonious zones for work and living. Design and urban layout of the site were developed relying on the history and context of the site.

Plot # 1282 / Bernard Khoury / DW5

Daniel Tapia — Sat, 30 May 2020 15:00:00 +0000

Plot # 1282 is a residential project located on the northern periphery of Beirut at the proximity of one the city’s abandoned and unused railway terminal, military barracks, leftovers of agricultural land and a 30‐meter wide highway. The zone in which our project is located is not presently considered residential. The project’s program consists of 95 industrial lofts with surfaces ranging from 100 square meters to 650 square meters on a total built‐up area of 25,800 square meters.

Design in Armenia: New Architecture Building on History

Eric Baldwin — Mon, 04 May 2020 04:00:00 +0000

The architecture of Armenia responds to both past traditions and the country's earthquake-prone geography. Known for medieval churches, Armenia has also become home to modern projects that reinterpret familiar construction methods and organizational principles. Acknowledging a reputation for sturdy concrete and stone structures, the country's contemporary architects are experimenting with different materials to create lighter and more open structures.

El Chiringuito Beach Bar & Restaurant / Anarchitect

Andreas Luco — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 02:00:00 +0000

Tipping the Eastern crescent of Palm Dubai, the sister project of Ibiza’s beloved Restaurant & Beach Club; El Chiringuito, marked a new venture into the UAE’s dynamic hospitality scene. With the new restaurant housed within an open-beach house structure served by a dedicated kitchen building and set in a matured landscape with a terracing lounge garden, pool deck and private beach, the architects have truly captured the Balearic relaxed atmosphere, synonymous with the original Es Cavallet Ibizan restaurant & beach club.

15 Projects of Steel Stealing the Show

Dima Stouhi — Fri, 24 May 2019 07:30:00 +0000

The use of steel in architecture is considered as one of the most innovative construction developments in history, allowing architects to create structures in scales they never thought they could. Fast-forward a few centuries, and steel remains as one of the most crucial materials in architecture. But there is a lot more to the material than just tensile strength and durability, some architects were well-aware of steel's potential and transformed it into lighting fixtures, facades, decorative elements, and finishes.

Smart Center / Studio Paul Kaloustian

Daniel Tapia — Wed, 05 Dec 2018 03:00:00 +0000

Targeting the rural regions, the Smart Centers will respect the integrity of rural aesthetics in sync with contemporary architectural design, maintaining the authenticity of the region, while encouraging progressive ideology. Each campus will utilize sustainable and green design, off the grid components and renewable energy. They will have classrooms, health posts, studios, computer lounges, meeting points, an auditorium for performances and presentations, libraries, restaurants and various spaces for diverse indoor and outdoor activities varying from sports to entertainments and arts to agriculture and diverse other workshops to train and enable developing children, youths and adults alike.

Villa-T / YTAA - Youssef Tohme Architects and Associates

Rayen Sagredo — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 03:00:00 +0000

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.

Villa-VR / YTAA - Youssef Tohme Architects and Associates

Rayen Sagredo — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 03:00:00 +0000

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.

BAA6 / 109 Architectes

Rayen Sagredo — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 03:00:00 +0000

When four brothers with four distinct personalities wanted to construct an upscale residential building in a wooded Beirut suburb, 109 Architectes played on the concept of a harmonious quartet.