The Project Lebanon 2010 Sustainability Award was presented to people who have made a difference in environmental awareness and sustainability in Lebanon, pioneers who understand the urgency of the issue and are actively working towards a greener future. It is meant to become the most important acknowledgment of personal excellence in implementing

Kuwait, along with all of its GCC partners, has suffered badly from the global financial crisis. All types of businesses in the country have been affected by the collapse of the region’s stock markets and diversified investment portfolios, especially those based in the real estate sector.


Nevertheless, Kuwait has already overcome the neg

Back in the eighties, my grandfather used to call TV remote controls “American laziness”. He considered a good leg-stretching sport getting up to change the channel manually. When he passed away, my mother and I were going through the old furniture and couldn’t help but notice how old (I mean seriously old) the fridge was. It was from the sixties

Claus Sendlinger was ahead of his time. 17 years ago, predicting design would become an integral part of the hotel industry, the German-born publicist and event-planner created the concept for Design Hotels.


What began as a marketing company for contemporary hotels has, over nearly two decades, evolved into a global lifestyle brand. To

On May 8th, only one month after we released our issue on Qatar, the emirate once again caught our interest when it was announced that Qatar Holding, the investment arm of the Qatar Investment Authority, had added London’s premier department store Harrods to its real estate portfolio. QH bought the city’s retail icon for a staggering £1.5 billion,

A recent real estate price stabilization is just the calm before the storm when 2.5 million visitors to Lebanon are expected to drive property prices by as much as 20% and spur economic growth.


Construction Activity is Peaking


Lebanon looks like a huge construction work site with cranes, excavations, and construction w

In mid-April, architecture website ArchDaily.com profiled a project by Danish architect Christian Bay-Jorgensen, owner of Bay Arch. In light of the city's financial woes, Bay-Jorgensen proposed giving Los Angeles's famed

A 10-year plan to turn the 8.5km of Beirut River into a conservation area including parks, nature reserves, bike-paths, sports facilities, cafes, and a high-speed electric train to take commuters along the project’s span and verdant boulevards is more than ambitious, it’s daring.


In a country where urban planning is missing and planning

A vast venture in the field of construction business, Project Lebanon 2009, the 14th International Trade Exhibition for Construction Technology, Building Materials, Equipment and Environmental Technology for Lebanon and the Middle East, brought together 21 nations to its more than 16,000 m2 of exhibition halls at BIEL, Solidere. Between June 16 and

The Godfather of Contemporary Architects opens up about history, politics, and what role each plays in architecture.


Hidden away in the tightly woven streets of the Zuqaq al-Blatt district in Beirut is the understated 1840s Ottoman house of the prominent Lebanese architect Assem Salam. Large, unplanned and dominating towers surround the