Bernard Khoury

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Bernard Khoury (born in 1968 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a Lebanese architect. He studied at the Rhode Island School of Design (B.F.A 1990 / B.Arch 1991), then received a Masters in Architectural studies from Harvard University (M.Arch 1993). In 1993, he founded his firm, DW5 and developed his professional practice. Since the late 1990s, Khoury, who is the son of a modernist architect, Khalil Khoury, became one of Lebanon’s most famous figures in art and design. His public image was even more emphasized in 2011 as he was featured in a massive advertising campaign for Johnny Walker.[1]

Influences

Bernard Khoury began his career during the 1990s. His architectural visions were barely influenced by destruction and ruins that were widely seen in Lebanon. These aesthetics were also proposed by cutting edge world architects such as Lebbeus Woods, with whom Khoury took a studio.[2] His first major experimentation, Evolving Scars, was a research on the demolition process.

Architectural Work

In 1998, Bernard Khoury designed the B 018 nightclub. The B018 is located in the Karantina neighborhood that witnessed a massacre during the war, in 1976. The building is entirely underground, giving the feeling of entering a grave or, eventually a shelter or a bunker. When inside, clubbers can also see the sky as the roof can mechanically retract and the space become open air.[3] B018 became an iconic landmark of postwar Beirut and still remains a popular attraction. Other leisure and entertainment projects include Centrale. This restaurant and bar occupies the ruins of an early 20th-century house. The bar is a metallic cylinder suspended over the building, as if it was an emerging submarine.[4]

Selected Projects (Completed)

  • 2011 - Tumo Park and Center for Creative Technologies, Yerevan, Armenia
  • 2010 – Kfardebiane, Lebanon – Kferdebian 4328 residence
  • 2006 - Beirut, Lebanon – Plot # 893, Achrafieh
  • 2006 - Beirut, Lebanon – IB3 residential building, Mar Maroun
  • 2005 - Beirut, Lebanon – Black Box People, restaurant, Aishti Seaside
  • 2004 - Chtaura, Lebanon – BLC Bank
  • 2002 - Beirut, Lebanon– Yabani R2
  • 2001 - Beirut, Lebanon - Centrale
  • 1998 - Beirut, Lebanon - B 018

Experimental / Off site

In 2006, Bernard Khoury produced SS / DW, a site specific device conceived to establish a relationship between his design workshop (DW) and the Sfeir Semler Gallery (SS),[5] where it was on exhibit (both premises share the same industrial building, in the Karantina area). In 2009, he exhibited Prisoner Of War at the Beirut Art Center, an object that aestheticizes the war,[6] thus its aspect reminding the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk aircraft.

Works

  • 2010 DERAILING BEIRUT
  • 2008 Prisoner of War
  • 2006 – SS/DW
  • 1994 - Checkpoints
  • 1991 – Evolving Scars

Awards

  • Architecture Plus Award, 2004
  • Borromini prize, honorable mention, offered by the municipality of Rome to architects under 40 years of age, 2001

References

  1. ↑ "Johnny Walker. Bernard Khoury". Retrieved 14 January 2012. 
  2. ↑ Nicolai Ouroussoff (May 21, 2006). "Middle-East Pieces". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 January 2012. 
  3. ↑ "B 018,Beirut, Lebanon". Archidose. April 1999. Retrieved 14 January 2012. 
  4. ↑ Stephen Zacks (July 2007). "The Discreet Charm of Bernard Khoury". Metropolis Magazine. Retrieved 14 January 2012. 
  5. ↑ "Moving Home(s)". Sfeir Semler Gallery. July 2006. Retrieved 14 January 2012. 
  6. ↑ "Prisoner Of War. Bernard Khoury". Beirut Art Center. July 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2012. 

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