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Beit Beirut in Beirut, Lebanon

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Beit Beirut

1924 / restored 2017 · Beirut, Beirut Governorate, Lebanon

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Seed wave 50 image for Beit Beirut.

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Beit Beirut

Beirut, Beirut Governorate, Lebanon · City-level coordinates only

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Beit BeirutBeit Beirut

1924 / restored 2017 · Beirut, Beirut Governorate, Lebanon

Herzog & de MeuronHerzog & de Meuron

Zürich, Switzerland

Typeworkbureau
Year / years1924 / restored 2017Unrecorded
PlaceBeirut, Beirut Governorate, LebanonZürich, Switzerland
Place contextBeirut, Beirut Governorate, LebanonRepresentative site: Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Climate18°C · 13.2h daylight · 3 km/h wind22°C · 13.0h daylight · 13 km/h wind · via Tenerife Espacio de las Artes
FocusMuseum and urban cultural center6 works in corpus
Architects
  • Youssef Aftimus
  • Herzog & de Meuron
  • Jacques Herzog
  • Pierre de Meuron
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Youssef Aftimus

Notable works

  • Tenerife Espacio de las Artes
  • Tate Modern
  • Beirut Terraces
  • Elbphilharmonie
Typologies
  • museum
  • cultural center
  • restoration
  • heritage
  • house
  • performance venue
  • museum
  • adaptive reuse
  • cultural building
  • housing
  • residential tower
  • high-rise
Materials
  • stone
  • concrete
  • brick
  • steel
  • glass
  • concrete
  • stone
  • wood
Carbon signals

Concrete and Stone look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Stone

Concrete, Steel, and Brick look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Brick
Lower-carbon levers
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • Review masonry extent, reuse opportunities, and alternate assemblies where the design language allows it.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible3 of 4 recorded works are publicly accessible
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