On economy
October 26, 2022
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I have been thinking recently about the word “economy”. The word itself seems to hold questionable definitions. The ones I am interested in are the following: 1: The wealth and
The Formation of the Urban Observatory
October 10, 2020
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As a consequence of the latest blast that happened in Beirut on August 4, the Order of Engineers and Architects in collaboration with the Schools of Architecture in Lebanon has
Conservation management plan for Tripoli’s Rashid Karami International Fair
October 28, 2019
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Dr. Maroun Kassab has been assigned as the Architect/Historian on the team of experts by the UN conservation plan for Tripoli’s Rashid Karami International Fair designed by Oscar Niemeyer. As
Art Exhibition: The Sustainable Development Goals: From Contemporary Arts Perspective
July 5, 2019
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The “United Nations Information Center in Beirut (UNIC Beirut)” in cooperation with the “Syndicate of Professional Artists in Lebanon” and “The Association of World Art and Heritage” invite you to
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Maroun Kassab, PhD
Dr. Maroun Kassab is a practicing architect with projects in the United States and the Middle East. He is an assistant professor at Notre Dame University and has a PhD in architecture from the University of Sydney in Australia focusing on the theoretical framework of modernism in extra-western localities. Dr. Kassab has a Masters degree in architecture from the University of Cincinnati, and a Bachelors Degree in Architecture from the Lebanese American University. He has worked in the fields of construction, project management and architecture in the USA and the Middle East since 1999, including some high profile projects such as the new World Trade Center in New York City as well as the Empire State Building. He has designed and managed hundreds of projects in the United States and the Middle East. Dr. Kassab is also an established visual artists with many exhibitions in Lebanon and abroad. Dr. Kassab’s formation in art was in Moscow, Russia in the early 1990’s, and his artistic training was within the classical method and figurative art, but his mature style in painting focuses on the abstract and the non representational. He also has several publications in the field of architectural theory and history. His research focuses on Modernism and Phenomenology of Architectural from.