Landscape terraces and property rubble walls are made with a rough-faced local rock. The exterior is clad in a rough-hewn grey stone interrupted by a volume of white plaster and several folding glass planes with operable doors. The building is made of CMU and cast-in-place concrete which is typical for structures of this size in the region. The fourth level holds the master suite and a private terrace with a swimming pool tucked against the hillside. The third level is the living area which has tall ceilings and the largest of the four terraces. The program is organized by floor: the lowest level is the garage, and level two includes a media room and three bedrooms. Large picture windows frame mountain vistas and allow for moments of stillness. Several double-height interior volumes reinforce visual links to the sloping hillside and highlight the movement of people through the house and around the property. Multiple interior and exterior stairs wind through and around the house, linking the program with landscape and view. The architecture is a vehicle for traversing the steep slope and bringing the client in contact with the landscape.Ĭomposed of a series of boxes, the building climbs four stories, digging into the hillside to create outdoor terraces at each floor. The property is covered with pinenut trees clinging to the rocky slope which drops twenty meters at a 45-degree incline. Twenty miles above Beirut, the village of Baaddat on Mount Lebanon serves as the dramatic site for this single family villa. Text description provided by the architects. Lead Architects: Joe Serrins, Jared Brownell.
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