As a member of the team that worked tirelessly to put this building complex on the World Heritage List, I am incredibly proud of this achievement. It is a testament
The relationship between architecture and building has always been on the mind of architectural theorists. Kenneth Frampton for example, mentions in his article “On Reading Heidegger” that we still have
I have previously advocated for a coastal subway system for Lebanon as it is an integral part of world transportation systems. We cannot think in terms of the now and
“Climate Change Impact Assessment” is a process of evaluating how climate change will affect various aspects of society, including natural and human systems, in the present and in the future.
The United Nations outlined the 17 SDG’s for achieving a sustainable future for all in 2012 in Rio de Janeiro in the conference on sustainable development. While in theory and
The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent a comprehensive and ambitious global agenda for a better future. The SDGs aim to address various social, economic, and environmental challenges, including
In late 2019, the situation in Lebanon reached a boiling point. Protests erupted across the country, as people took to the streets to demand change and accountability from their leaders.
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
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.
