Construction in Beirut
The Lebanese construction industry has been booming in the past decade, and new high-rises continue to be added to the Beirut skyline. But at what cost comes this modernisation?
Saving Beirut’s architectural heritage
Pockets of Beirut’s architectural heritage have survived a history of destructive earthquakes and several long and bloody wars. Its survival is now determined...War and construction in Lebanon
Since 1976, Lebanon has seen some of the most violent confrontations of recent history, with sectarian clashes, land grabs and kidnappings becoming the norm. Civil...
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