Comments on: Icon of Beirut by Ziad El Khoury

By: Omar Harb

Omar Harb — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:46:54 +0000

First as an architect,

i cannot be offensive with any colleague (senior or junior), but i can give an opinion.

Second,

what is the criteria of beauty and ugliness because, beauty can be seen as ugliness for some and vice-versa.

Third,

Dear Ziad,

I think the title of the project is a little bit irrelevant because icon, landmark and (avant-garde) are qualifications given to a project by certain level educated peoples from many fields after a certain period of time after construction.

but after that if another project will take the position than the first one will be retrograded and so on.

ex.: Centre Georges Pompidou, (France) was at a certain period of time the icon and then a landmark but now it’s an avant-guarde.

but rather La Tour Eiffel (France) started with avant-garde and now it’s an icon after being a Landmark for a long time period.

in my point of view i would rather go to a different appellation, rather functional, (ex.: twin, convention, complex, etc., …)

By: hugues

hugues — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:02:20 +0000

bon projet, beau design, félicitation pour ton diplôme.

By: Rony

Rony — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:14:42 +0000

Thank you Fady T, you really mentioned the right thing,
The project is amazing, call it anything you want, but it is definitely not an ICON and not of BEIRUT,
An icon means you cannot image it somewhere else, I already can imagine the project in Dubai more than Beirut.
The ICON of BEIRUT should be far beyond the scars and beyond the war…. As Fady T mentioned, we have a great history, and I strongly believe that with time Ziad will agree with us.

Very good job Ziad, I am sure you will have a bright Future and I wish you all the best of Success

Rony

By: FADY T

FADY T — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:23:27 +0000

First, it is a good job ziad. but the point is that you can not label this as “ICON OF BEIRUT”…because Beirut is not Dubai and Abudhabi and others new countries…it’s a great city that passes through several stages and has undergone several changes, and as it is a result of the stratification of civilizations, so in all that we do, we can’t see the oriental city which is neither Arab nor Western..
so i think its a very good job but u don’t have the right to give the title “ICON OF BEIRUT”…
but finally I wish you Ziad the best of luck!!

By: joelle ghoul

joelle ghoul — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:16:43 +0000

wow… simply wow!!! good job ZIAD! wish you all the best and hoping for more!
would love to see your project executed! it’s pure pride