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Memory and Creation / Lebanon

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By Eliane Gebrane-Badlissi

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Patrimoine urbain à Beyrouth après la guerre : Entre modernité et tradition

"At the present time, one only conceives the reconstruction in Lebanon as linked to architectural modernity. This modernity must be defined in a specifical context which is the Beirut town in relation ton the internal dynamic forces of the country. If this reconstruction appears to be necessary and indispensable. It brings out a number of problems particularly concerning the preservation of the heritage. Can't one build accordingly to the new technologies without breaking from the Lebanese traditions and the city's memory? Re-establish a certain balance in orde to combining tradition and modernity?"
French periodical 'Confluences Méditerranée' N°24 - 1997-98