General Information
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Apartment building |
|---|---|
| Material: |
Concrete structure |
Awards and Distinctions
| 2018 |
finalist
for registered users |
|---|
Location
Technical Information
Dimensions
| height | 121.5 m | |
| number of floors (above ground) | 27 | |
| number of floors (below ground) | 6 | |
| gross floor area | 79 200 m² | |
| number of apartments | 131 | |
| number of parking spaces | 490 | |
| elevators | number | 10 |
Excerpt from Wikipedia
Beirut Terraces is a residential skyscraper in the Central district of downtown Beirut, Lebanon. It is located at 1399 Fouad Najjar Street in the Minet el-Hosn neighborhood, south of the Platinum Tower. It has 26 floors with an overall height of 119.5 m (392 ft). The building construction started in 2011 and finished in 2017. It was developed by Benchmark and designed by Herzog & de Meuron Architekten.
Design
The building design was inspired by the classic and contemporary history of Beirut. Each floor of the building is distinguished by projecting or set back living spaces that would generate terraces and overhangs, which create a harmony between the building and the cityscape.
The overhangs also provide shade and reduce solar gain, while slabs of each floor protrude around their entire circumference by a minimum of 60 cm (24 in), easing construction and maintenance of the facades. The floor plates are thick enough to balance the daily temperature cycles by virtue of their thermal mass, storing cold through the night and releasing it during the day. Therefore, this system made the building design also sustainable for living.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Beirut Terraces" and modified on May 5, 2020 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20079334 - Published on:
30/04/2020 - Last updated on:
01/05/2020
