ABC Dbayeh
Department Store
by narchitects

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Facade Renovation + Extension
nARCHITECTS is currently in construction of the 500,000 sq.ft. ABC Dbayeh department store - a Beirut landmark for Beirut’s oldest and most important department brand. This project provides a 300,000sf addition and a new facade for the existing 200,000sf building. Turning various constraints into opportunities, the project creates a cohesive assembly of disparate parts: four volumes step down the sloped site, terminating in a backlit laser cut aluminum screen on a prominent highway bordering the Mediterranean Sea. The screen will reduce heat gain on the building’s western exposure. Waste from the aluminum cut-outs on the westernmost volume is being used as a cladding element throughout the remaining three volumes.

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Appreciate if someone can point it out on the map.

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Source and more info: http://ginosblog.com/2011/11/08/the-weekly-leaks-an-inside-peak-into-the-new-block-of-abc-dbayeh/#

can i get this straight? is the outside gonna be metal or not?? cz thats how it looks like.. by the way it looks great on the inside..

^^ I think it's gonna be covered with some sort of Alucobond (http://www.alucobond.com/home.html#), from what I see in the renders.

Appreciate if someone can point it out on the map.

It's the same old ABC Dbayeh. Just getting a face lift...

Here you go:

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sweet man that looks great.. :)

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Courtesy of Gino

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woao I love it!!! :banana::banana:

More images
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Progress of ABC Dbayeh, Courtesy of nARCHITECTS (http://www.flickr.com/photos/24871121@N07/6947805914/) por rawadelmasri2 (http://www.flickr.com/people/24871121@N07/), en Flickr

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Progress of ABC Dbayeh, Courtesy of nARCHITECTS (http://www.flickr.com/photos/24871121@N07/7093875521/) por rawadelmasri2 (http://www.flickr.com/people/24871121@N07/), en Flickr

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Progress of ABC Dbayeh, Courtesy of nARCHITECTS (http://www.flickr.com/photos/24871121@N07/6947806138/) por rawadelmasri2 (http://www.flickr.com/people/24871121@N07/), en Flickr

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Progress of ABC Dbayeh, Courtesy of nARCHITECTS (http://www.flickr.com/photos/24871121@N07/6947806044/) por rawadelmasri2 (http://www.flickr.com/people/24871121@N07/), en Flickr

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Progress of ABC Dbayeh, Courtesy of nARCHITECTS (http://www.flickr.com/photos/24871121@N07/7093897069/) por rawadelmasri2 (http://www.flickr.com/people/24871121@N07/), en Flickr

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May 3rd, 2012

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very modern and we need such facades that are replacable anytime