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The Egg, Beirut

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Talk of its possible demolition in the 1990s and 2000s mobilized students and architects in favor of its preservation. The current owners of the site have affirmed their desire to preserve it and to integrate it into a new project.
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in 1975 and the horse-shoe shaped dome that remains today is now a landmark in Beirut. It was part of a commercial and residential project named "Beirut City Center", by architect
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which about 200 university students attended. Protest slogans were also written on the walls of the Egg including those calling for the "fall of the regime."
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Lebanese Civil War
Joseph Philippe Karam
Lebanese protests of 2019 and 2020
Capitalism
Charbel Nahhas



"The Value of a War-Scarred Ruin in Beirut - Failed Architecture"
"The Egg, Beirut | 1407366 | EMPORIS"
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link
"Solidere denies demolition of Beirut's 'egg'"
"'Eggupation': Protesting professors take teaching to streets"
"Lebanon Protest Teach-ins Revive Pre-war Landmarks"
cite web
help
"A tour of "The Egg," Beirut's war-beaten brutalist ruin"
"The Egg // Beirut // Lebanon - La Dent de L'Oeil - Contemporary photography by Hélène Veilleux"
"The egg // beirut // Lebanon"
33°53′37″N 35°30′22″E / 33.893495°N 35.505989°E / 33.893495; 35.505989
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Buildings and structures in Beirut
Unfinished buildings and structures
Cinemas and movie theaters

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