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Pierre el-Khoury


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Pierre el-Khoury (1930–2005), known as "Sheikh Pierre", was a prolific architect from Lebanon. He studied at Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts (1957), returned to Lebanon and designed more than 200 buildings including Ghazal Tower and Moritra residential building

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He helped restore several houses in Baadarâne, Aley, and Aramoun and helped renovate a palace in Beit ed-Dine into a hotel with Amin Bizri in 1965. He worked with many younger architects including Kamal Homsi, Jacques Abou Khaled, Semaan Khoury, Pierre Bassil, Joseph Faysal, Antoine Gemayel, and Joe Geitani.

He died of bone cancer in Beirut.

World Energy Congress | Pierre El Khoury, Gen Dir of the Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation


Works

  • el-Khoury residence in Yarze (1959)
  • Clarisses Sisters Convent in Yarze (1960)
  • Monastery near Jezzine
  • Penitentiary complex for the Roumieh Prison
  • Basilica" at Our Lady of Harissa overlooking Jounieh Bay (with Noel Abouhamad)
  • Lebanese Pavilion at the New York Fair (1963) with Assem Salam and Michel Harmouch
  • Byblos Center (1960) with Henri Edde
  • Beirut Airport extension with Assaad Raad
  • Sabbagh Center with Alvar Aalto and Alfred Roth

    • References

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