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Achrafieh is therefore defined somewhat nebulously and synonymously with East Beirut. Achrafieh comprises residential areas characterized by narrow winding streets and cafes along with more commercial areas, with large apartment and office buildings and major arteries between central Beirut and the north-eastern suburbs.
Name Height metres / ft (est.) Floors Year City Coordinates Notes The Edge: 220 metres (722 ft) 50 2019 Beirut Will replace Sama Beirut as tallest building in Lebanon upon completion.
Sky Gate is a tower built in the heart of the Achrafieh District in Beirut.From its completion in 2014 until late 2016, Sky Gate was the tallest structure in Lebanon. [1] The tower is composed of four superimposed block-like sections that accommodate 42 floors in an unconventional' design. [1]
Pierre el-Khoury (1930–2005), known as "Sheikh Pierre", studied at Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts (1957), returned to Lebanon and designed more than 200 buildings including Ghazal Tower, Moritra residential building [8] [17] British Bank in Beirut and basilica at Our Lady of Lebanon in Harissa, Lebanon.
Sassine Square in 2011. Sassine Square (Arabic: ساحة ساسين) is a city square in Beirut, Lebanon.It is located in the Achrafieh district.. Historically and popularly named after an old and prominent family of Achrafieh, Sassine Square was officially inaugurated in the early '90s under the auspices of President Elias Hrawi, Prime-Minister Rafic Hariri, Member of Parliament Michel ...
The school buildings in Achrafieh, Beirut, designed by Michel Ecochard in 1961. The Lebanese civil war, which began in 1975, marks the most serious crisis the Grand Lycée ever faced. The buildings were badly damaged and due to their proximity to the Green Line, access was difficult. From 1996 to 2003, the lycée undertook renovations, where ...
An Israeli strike reduced a building in Beirut to rubble amid a huge cloud of smoke and dust on Friday, 22 November. The airstrike hit the Chiyah area of the Lebanese capital's southern suburbs on ...
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