International Fair of Tripoli Building by Oscar Niemeyer, Modern Architecture Lebanon, Architect, Design
International Fair of Tripoli by Oscar Niemeyer
20th Century Lebanese Building – design by Modernist Brazilian Architect
9 Jan 2019
International Fair of Tripoli Building by Oscar Niemeyer
Design: Architect Oscar Niemeyer, Brasil
The battle to save the International Fair in Tripoli, Lebanon
The museum was part of a planned permanent international fair designed by the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer in the early 1960s, reports The Guardian.
The building is decaying, including rusting steel reinforcements and concrete carbonation. The atrium’s basement ceiling collapsed in 2016.
The 100-hectare (250-acre) site?s 15 existing buildings also include a domed theatre, an atrium, an arch and collective housing. Tripoli Fairgrounds by Oscar Niemeyer, Pritzker prize-winning architect:

photograph courtesy Styliane Philippou
But the country?s 15-year civil war halted the project in the mid-1970s and today, the abandoned fairground stands empty.
With the local conflict now over, residents, civil society groups and international agencies are actively trying to restore the city?s dynamic and change its public image.
Architect and activist Wassim Naghi estimates that up to $40m (£31m) is needed to treat the concrete and make it safe again.
Article in The Guardian: Saving the International Fair of Tripoli by Oscar Niemeyer in Lebanon
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