Learning from... Beirut
Hashim Sarkis, Aga Khan Professor at Harvard University and Director of the Aga Khan Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD), proposes an alternative reading of urban issues in Beirut that considers elements beyond the city’s post-war reconstruction and identity politics. Through a series of specific architectural and urban analyses, the lecture proposes(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
11 March 2010 , 7pm
Learning from... Beirut
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Hashim Sarkis, Aga Khan Professor at Harvard University and Director of the Aga Khan Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD), proposes an alternative reading of urban issues in Beirut that considers elements beyond the city’s post-war reconstruction and identity politics. Through a series of specific architectural and urban analyses, the lecture proposes(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
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Beirut Park Hotel
AP022.S1.1996.PR02
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File documents a proposal for a hotel-apartment complex with a health club and retail shops, Avenue du parc at Boulevard du parc, Beirut, Lebanon. File contains design development drawings, and a textual document.
1996
Beirut Park Hotel
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AP022.S1.1996.PR02
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File documents a proposal for a hotel-apartment complex with a health club and retail shops, Avenue du parc at Boulevard du parc, Beirut, Lebanon. File contains design development drawings, and a textual document.
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1996
Project
AP142.S1.D234
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File documents an unsuccessful (?) competition entry for the reconstruction of the downtown market district and waterfront in Beirut, Lebanon. Material in this file was produced in 1994. File contains presentation drawings. File also contains textual records, including sketches, drawings, colour Polaroids of drawings, maps, correspondence, competition programmes, specifications, financial records, clippings, a competition announcement, a curriculum vitae, a diagram, labels for drawings, business cards, and notes.
1994
The Reconstruction of the Souks, Beirut
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AP142.S1.D234
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File documents an unsuccessful (?) competition entry for the reconstruction of the downtown market district and waterfront in Beirut, Lebanon. Material in this file was produced in 1994. File contains presentation drawings. File also contains textual records, including sketches, drawings, colour Polaroids of drawings, maps, correspondence, competition programmes, specifications, financial records, clippings, a competition announcement, a curriculum vitae, a diagram, labels for drawings, business cards, and notes.
File 234
1994
textual records
textual records
circa 1996
PH1982:0789.02:027
published 1842
PH1980:0683.03:082
1870s
View of the ctiy of Ras Beirut with water and rocks in foreground, Ras Beirut, Lebanon
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PH1980:0683.03:082
1870s
drawings
DR2023:0003
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The Jabre building, built in 1930, was designed by architect Mardiros Altounian (1889–1958).
2021
Drawing inspired by the Jabre building, Mar Mkhaël, Beirut, Lebanon
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DR2023:0003
Description:
The Jabre building, built in 1930, was designed by architect Mardiros Altounian (1889–1958).
drawings
2021
drawings
DR2023:0004
Description:
The Jabre building, built in 1930, was designed by architect Mardiros Altounian (1889–1958).
2021
Drawing inspired by the Jabre building, Mar Mkhaël, Beirut, Lebanon
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DR2023:0004
Description:
The Jabre building, built in 1930, was designed by architect Mardiros Altounian (1889–1958).
drawings
2021
drawings
DR2023:0007
Description:
The Jabre building, built in 1930, was designed by architect Mardiros Altounian (1889–1958).
2021
Elevations inspired by the Jabre building, Mar Mkhaël, Beirut, Lebanon
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DR2023:0007
Description:
The Jabre building, built in 1930, was designed by architect Mardiros Altounian (1889–1958).
drawings
2021
drawings
DR2023:0008
Description:
The Jabre building, built in 1930, was designed by architect Mardiros Altounian (1889–1958).
2021
Perspective inspired by the Jabre building, Mar Mkhaël, Beirut, Lebanon
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DR2023:0008
Description:
The Jabre building, built in 1930, was designed by architect Mardiros Altounian (1889–1958).
drawings
2021