The Yacoubian building is a commercial and residential edifice in Beirut, Lebanon. The building is located in Caracas neighborhood of Ras Beirut,Photo of The Yacoubian Building, Beirut on flickr in a coastal strip of the Lebanese capital Beirut. The building belonged to a Lebanese-Armenian named Yacoub Yacoubian.
The edifice is a 10-story, double-bloc building with 140 flats. Unlike the colonial style of Cairo's Yacoubian Building, Beirut's counterpart comes shaped like a U-turn, copying the style of Le Corbusier.Beirut's real-life version of 'The Yacoubian Building' By John Ehab, The Daily Star (Lebanon) November 11, 2006 The building was famous for hosting a number of artists, including singer Fayza Ahmed and comedian Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy. One floor underground was the venue of a night club called The Venus. During the Lebanese Civil War, the Venus closed its doors and the Yacoubian building declined.
The then-chic and now run-down edifice is a metaphor of Beirut's old architectural heritage and is subject of Spectrice (Yacoubian Building, Beirut) display and work of artSpectre work of art, replica of the Yacoubian Beirut Building commissioned in 2006-08 and made of non-shrinking grout, aluminium, glass, fabric.
Beirut's Yacoubian Building is not to be confused with an edifice in Cairo, Egypt, called Yacoubian Building belonged to the Lebanese-Armenian businessman Hagop Yacoubian, from the same family.
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