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Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs

The Issam Fares Institute at the American University of Beirut is associated with Zaha Hadid’s cantilevered design for a policy and public-affairs building on campus.

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2014

Beirut, Beirut Governorate, Lebanon

University policy institute

academic building research institute cultural building concrete steel glass University policy institute

Concrete Steel Glass

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Zaha Hadid

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