Beirut Reborn – Restoration and Development

Description

LebanonPostcard presents the hardcover Book: Beirut Reborn – The Restoration and Development of the Central District, 30.5×31 cm, 148 pages, 258 illustrations, mostly in color – Angus Gavin and Ramez Maluf – Academy Editions (Used but still in good condition).

In the aftermath of the 1975-1990 Lebanese war, significant areas of Beirut lay in ruins. Today, in a changing world of new opportunities, the Lebanese capital has much ground to make up to regain its former status as a leading metropolitan center in the Middle East. But the signs of the city’s rebirth are becoming more apparent each day. One cannot fail to be impressed by the speed with which the city has launched the reconstruction and is reconnecting with the current age.

This book tells the story of the plan to renew Beirut’s 180-hectare Central District – the heart of the capital, site of ancient settlements, and that part of the city most devastated by the long conflict. Its reconstruction, led by the private sector, is probably the most ambitious urban regeneration project in implementation at the turn of the millennium.

By the year 2000, and the completion of the first phase of renewal, new infrastructure, landscaping, and restored archeological sites will be in place throughout the traditional city center; and the sea defenses, harbor works, decontamination, and site preparation will have been carried out on the new reclamation area. Almost 300 retained and heritage buildings will have been restored and some 615,000 square meters of new construction completed.

Concentrated around the historic core and existing residential neighborhoods, reconstruction up to the millennium will reactivate the once bustling traditional city center, creating some 20,000 new jobs and housing about 8,000 new residents. This initial phase will pave the way for the subsequent development, beyond the year 2000, of a further 3,350,000 square meters of floor space on adjacent areas and reclaimed land within the Central District, offering substantial city center and waterfront development opportunities for the future.

The renewal of Beirut’s city center is currently the world’s most challenging urban regeneration project. Led by the private sector, its institutional framework is pioneering. The planning and implementation embrace many issues: infrastructure renewal urban archeology, new development and the restoration of historic fabric, the creation of a social arena where the city can reconnect, and the relaunching of the Lebanese capital, once pre-eminent in the Middle East, into a stabilizing world of emerging opportunities.

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