From the ashes of Beirut, a museum is in the making
A private keeper of artefacts hopes to preserve the city’s glorious architectural history
19 August 2020 - 16:09
Beirut — Standing in front of the rubble of a house destroyed in Beirut’s port blast, Henry Loussian brushes off the dust and dirt from fragments of its architecture all but lost among a tangle of scaffolding obscuring a grand ceiling and elaborate chandelier.
Such heritage houses were once commonplace, but many were razed during the 1975-1990 civil war and then decades of high-rise redevelopment...
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