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- Dec 31, 201650% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Beirut Terraces Completes as a Layered Skyscraper
- Beirut Terraces is a 26-floor, 119.5 m residential tower at 1399 Fouad Najjar Street, Minet el-Hosn, designed by Herzog & de Meuron for developer Benchmark[3]
- Construction began in 2011 and it was completed in 2017; the architects give project 2009-2012 and realization 2012-2016[2][3]
- The design is a stack of layers made of terraces and overhangs, with slabs projecting at least 60 cm to shade units and cut solar gain[2][3]
- Five modular floors repeat in different combinations, carried by the core and a column grid spanning up to 14.7 m[2]
- The site is near where Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was assassinated in 2005, and the design was influenced by layers of the city's history[2]
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- [1]50%youtube.com/watch?v=pUqhKSEV6VAyoutube.com· Posted Sep 15, 2026· Starts Dec 31, 2016 ✓· 33% of score
Estimated: Herzog & de Meuron's own project page gives 'Project 2009-2012, Realization 2012-2016', and Architizer and WorldArchitecture likewise give 2016, so the pin takes the end of 2016. Wikipedia's[3] 2017 completion year is the outlier; no source gives a day.
- [2]82%Beirut Terraces - Herzog & de Meuronherzogdemeuron.com· Added Sep 15, 2026· 33% of score
- [3]75%Beirut Terraces - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 15, 2026· 33% of score
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