Beirut-based designers advocate new uses for the city's overlooked public spaces
Architects and designers can take an activist approach to instigate social change, according to participants in this year's Beirut Design Week. More
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Geometric foam blocks mimic marble and terrazzo at Beirut Design Week
Blocksfinj, a recently-launched Beirut-based company making foam furniture, showcased squishy blocks that look like solid stone during Beirut Design Week. More
Adorno's emerging Lebanese designers collection shows country's "no-rule" culture
Digital design store and gallery Adorno has launched a collection of products created by emerging designers based in Beirut, Lebanon. More
Carla Baz debuts resin and marble furniture in Beirut
French-Lebanese designer Carla Baz has unveiled a collection of marble furniture and lighting, including tables filled with pools of colourful resin. More
Sliding walls animate the facade of Fouad Samara Architects' Modulofts apartments
Fouad Samara Architects has completed a tower in Beirut, which features huge steel panels that can slide out from reconfigurable apartments and be stored outside the building. More
Rabih Geha Architects recreates shipping-container aesthetic in Beirut nightclub
Rabih Geha Architects has used layers of perforated steel to divide up the interior of a nightclub on the waterfront of Beirut, Lebanon. More
Shoe Box apartment in Beirut packs everything into 15 square metres
Lebanese studio Eliemetni has squeezed everything a guest could need into a micro studio apartment on the roof of an old building in the Achrafieh district of Beirut. More
Foster + Partners staggers limestone towers to create roof terraces with sea views in Beirut
Foster + Partners has completed its first project in Lebanon, a trio of limestone-clad residential towers in downtown Beirut with views out over the Mediterranean, and a McLaren car showroom in its base. More
Eight recycled design projects driven by Beirut's trash crisis
After a crisis that saw rubbish pile up in the streets of Beirut, local designers were inspired to use the waste around them as a resource. Here are eight recycled projects that showcase their ingenuity. More
Lebanese designers embrace rubbish following Beirut trash crisis
A crisis that saw mountains of garbage fill the streets of Lebanon led to heightened interest in recycled materials, say designers and architects at Beirut Design Week. More
Six of the best designers working in Lebanon today
Following Beirut Design Week, Dezeen deputy editor Rima Sabina Aouf has selected six stand-out contemporary designers from the country often thought of as the cultural heart of the Middle East. More
Critical Mass exhibition celebrates Lebanon's female graphic designers
The four female graphic designers showcased in a group exhibition at Beirut Design Week are hoping their event will help bring change in an industry where "women aren't really taken seriously". More
All-pink Silent Room creates quiet sanctuary beside a Beirut highway
Lebanese designer Nathalie Harb created this pavilion for Beirut Design Week to give residents of the city access to silence. More
Lebanese students anticipate future human needs for Beirut Design Week exhibition
A receptacle for gifting your best DNA, a tech-disabling glove for punishing cybercriminals and a device that harvests edible fungus from your own body are among the concepts presented by students of five Lebanese universities for the Speculative Needs exhibition. More
Beirut Design Week returns to show the world Lebanon "is not just about political instability"
Dezeen promotion: the challenges of regional political instability have fuelled the creativity of designers in Lebanon, says the director of Beirut Design Week, which takes place in the city this month. More
Eight of the best design weeks that are off the beaten track
With the first ever design week underway in the giant industrial city of Shenzhen in China, Dezeen takes a look at some of the newer and more unexpected additions to the calendar – including Riyadh, Medellín and Amman. More
Herzog & de Meuron uses staggered floors to create plant-covered terraces at Beirut tower
Staggered floor plates and set-back glazing create large planted terraces around this 119-metre tower by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron, which overlooks Beirut's marina. More
Jean-Marc Bonfils reinterprets traditional Lebanese architecture with East Village apartment tower
This apartment block and art gallery in Beirut combines traditional timber and stone cladding with a vertical garden and a bright-red balcony that cantilevers from one of its facades. More
Snøhetta designs Beirut bank featuring chequerboard walls and rooftop gardens
Snøhetta has won a competition to design the headquarters of Banque Libano Francaise in Beirut, the firm's first project in Lebanon. More
Cross-shaped windows allow light to filter into Lebanese church by Maroun Lahoud
Cruciform windows are carved through the bush-hammered stone walls of this marble-lined church on Mount Lebanon, designed by Paris-based architect Maroun Lahoud (+ slideshow). More