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- Lebanese hospital is world's first to go vegan Wed, 10 Mar 21, 4:30amIf you've ever stayed in a hospital or visited someone in one around mealtime, you might have wondered if the lukewarm processed food was really going to aid in recovery...
- Conceptual eco-village empowers women in Beirut Fri, 24 Jul 20, 1:30amIn a bid to advance gender equity in Lebanon, Beirut-based Anastasia Elrouss Architects has proposed the Vertical Eco-Village: Urban Lung of Beirut, a three-pronged proposal that centers on the M Tower, a 14-story, greenery-covered...
- Horrifying 'river of trash' flows through the capital of Lebanon Mon, 20 Jun 16, 4:30amLast summer, officials in Beirut, Lebanon closed their main landfill, but they forgot one important thing: they failed to provide for a replacement. Now a health crisis mounts as two million tons of trash spill into...
- Horrifying ‘river of trash’ flows through the capital of Lebanon Tue, 1 Mar 16, 6:00amWhen officials in Beirut, Lebanon closed their main landfill last summer, they provided no replacement. Now a health crisis mounts as trash spills into the streets, creating what people have begun to call a ‘river of trash.’...
- The Cube residential tower features stacked units that maximize outdoor space Thu, 4 Feb 16, 5:00pmThe tower is located on a prominently visible location in an eastern district of Beirut, Lebanon. Through the shifting of floor plates, the architects introduced generous amounts of outdoor areas for each of the 19 living...
- IRIS: Kinematic Sea Pods Generate Energy in the Shadow of Beirut’s High-rises Fri, 9 May 14, 3:00pmNajjar & Najjar developed the IRIS pods to create accessibility to the sea in a way that profoundly connects the viewer with their environment. The large, eye-shaped IRIS structures provide surrogate views of the sea...
- Shipping Container Company Now Has A High Performance Office Building in Beirut Thu, 30 Aug 12, 3:00amRead the rest of Shipping Container Company Now Has A High Performance Office Building in Beirut Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", beirut, cma cgm, eco design, eco offices,...
- Beirut Wonder Forest Would Cover the Lebanese Capitol With Hanging Gardens Tue, 20 Dec 11, 5:00pmRead the rest of Beirut Wonder Forest Would Cover the Lebanese Capitol With Hanging Gardens Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: beirut, Beirut Wonder Forest, eco design, green design, lebanon, Rainwater...
- Spatially Just Environments Beirut Proposes Covering War Rubble With a Blanket of Green Thu, 15 Dec 11, 7:50amThe 2006 Israeli-Lebanon war resulted in over two hundred buildings being destroyed or razed to the ground in Haret Hreik, a suburb of Beirut. Approximately 80,000 square meters of debris was then loaded into trucks and taken...
- Niloufar Afnan Unveils Recycled Furnishings Inspired by Beirut’s Recovery Culture Tue, 9 Aug 11, 4:58amSpotted at this year’s New Designers exhibition in London, Royal Stool and 46 (table) are a series of furniture pieces inspired by the culture of recovery and reuse...
- 3Beirut: Foster & Partners Break Ground On First Green Roofed Tower in Lebanon Thu, 9 Jun 11, 10:41pm3Beirut is the very first Foster & Partners project to break ground in Lebanon. Beirut has battled to overcome its war scars, but the new mixed-use residential and retail tower strives to be part of the city’s renewal...
- Herzog & de Meuron’s Beirut Terraces With Hanging Gardens Wed, 28 Jul 10, 3:20amA master plan for the city of Beirut is guiding the rehabilitation of the coastal city, and Herzog & de Meuron just unveiled an open and airy apartment development located in the central district...