Beirut Tower, Beirut

Beirut Tower is a 25-storey residential development on Beirut’s seafront. Located by the Zaitunay Bay, on Fawsi Daouk Street near the beachfront, this luxurious high-riser offers a stunning view of the sea and Lebanon mountains.

The Beirut Tower stands next door to the Bay Tower, also known as the New Beirut Tower. Since the city reconstruction began after the civil war, high-rising towers have been popping up along the shore like mushrooms.

Being one of them, this tower can be frankly described as "skyscraper." It follows a postmodernist style with curtained wall facades. The building features gray granite walls and glazed balustrades, and has three separate entrances. The main entrance is a glass atrium, five stories high. Within the atrium is a garden with natural light.

Originally, slabs for this project were designed 400mm-thick, but then the thickness was reduced to 250mm in order to create a more spacious, flexible interior. The overall construction area of 50,000 square meters ensures an average floor area of approximately 2,000 square meters. The floor-to-floor height is about 11 feet.

Other than saving the materials and construction time, thinner slabs had enabled the creation of an extra storey within the original design. In addition to the 25 floors above street level there are also four floors below.