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On Cities And Designers: A Baalbeck Story, Marwan Ghandour

Marwan Ghandour

Twentieth-century masterplans of Baalbeck tourism and fantasies of modernism and classical antiquity are privileged over the present everyday. How can an alternative be envisioned?

Instituting Exclusiveness: Modern Lebanese Architects And Their Society, Marwan Ghandour

Marwan Ghandour

No abstract provided.

Instituting Exclusiveness: Modern Lebanese Architects And Their Society, Marwan Ghandour

Marwan Ghandour

No abstract provided.

The Politics Of Traditional Contemporary Buildings, Marwan Ghandour

Marwan Ghandour

This paper surveys contemporary Buildings in Lebanon that incorporate traditional Elements, as a way to deconstruct possible meanings of this dominant practice in contemporary Lebanese Architecture. I will start by discussing what is meant by tradition in relationship to building activity in Lebanon and what issues do these buildings engage. Then I will move to discuss the production of the Traditional in architectural practice. I will conclude by looking at "traditional" Contemporary buildings as thlngs around which social relations are problematized.

The Politics Of Traditional Contemporary Buildings, Marwan Ghandour

Marwan Ghandour

Building Law: A Critical Reading Of The Lebanese Case, Marwan Ghandour

Marwan Ghandour

No abstract provided.

Building Law: A Critical Reading Of The Lebanese Case, Marwan Ghandour

Marwan Ghandour

No abstract provided.