[in-enaction] architecture: the show goes on [Beirut]

In Beirut, the Show Pauses, then Goes On


January 31, 2007

“Beirut: a thousand times destroyed, a thousand times reborn” is a 
saying popular enough to have once graced the posters of Lebanon’s 
national airline. Except for the bombing of Beirut airport and important 
infrastructural arteries, however, forthcoming architecture projects in 
the capital city have emerged unscathed from the recent tension between 
Lebanon and Israel.

Prior to the Lebanon-Israel conflict, Beirut’s most comprehensive 
rebirth was begun under a reconstruction campaign spearheaded by the 
country's late prime minister, al-Hariri, through Solidere, The Lebanese 
Company for Development and Reconstruction of the Beirut City Center. 
Established in 1994 following a 15-year- long civil war, Solidere 
commissioned leading architects to give a new face to the city, once 
feted as the Paris of the Middle East.

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http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/070131beirut.asp