Photography
Books
Exhibitions
News
About
Contact

Search

Facebook
Instagram

#{title} — Tripoli International Fairgrounds, Lebanon – Oscar Niemeyer
2015
In 1963, Oscar Niemeyer was commissioned by the Lebanese government to design a complex for an international fair. Considered the face of Lebanese modernism, it came to symbolize the prosperous years before the period of civil war that was to follow. The fairground was abandoned mid-construction at the outbreak of the Lebanese civil war in 1975. After falling into ruin, the fairground was included on the 2006 World Monuments Watch in order to call attention to the years of neglect and deferred maintenance it had experienced.

#{title}

#{title}

#{title}

#{title}

#{title}

#{title}

#{title}

#{title}

#{title}

#{title}

#{title}

#{title}

#{title}

#{title}

#{title}

#{title}

#{title}

#{title}

#{title}

#{title}

Tags:

Lebanon,
Oscar Niemeyer,
and Tripoli

Other projects tagged with Lebanon, Oscar Niemeyer and Tripoli

Spui souterrain, The Hague – OMA, Rem Koolhaas

Spui souterrain, The Hague – OMA, Rem Koolhaas

Galaxy SOHO, Beijing China – Zaha Hadid Architects

Galaxy SOHO, Beijing China – Zaha Hadid Architects

Guardian Art Center – BOS

Guardian Art Center – BOS

Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston – Diller Scofidio + Renfro

Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston – Diller Scofidio + Renfro

Casa Valle de Bravo – Alberto Kalach

Casa Valle de Bravo – Alberto Kalach

Museum of Fine Arts Houston – Kinder Building – Steven Holl

Museum of Fine Arts Houston – Kinder Building – Steven Holl

Fundación Jumex, México – David Chipperfield

Fundación Jumex, México – David Chipperfield

Explanada, Mexico DF – Tatiana Bilbao

Explanada, Mexico DF – Tatiana Bilbao

Linked Hybrid Housing, Beijing China – Steven Holl

Linked Hybrid Housing, Beijing China – Steven Holl

Sheikh Zayed Bridge, Abu Dhabi – Zaha Hadid

Sheikh Zayed Bridge, Abu Dhabi – Zaha Hadid

Musashino Art University Library, Tokyo Japan – Sou Fujimoto

Musashino Art University Library, Tokyo Japan – Sou Fujimoto

Home
Portfolio
Tripoli International Fairgrounds, Lebanon – Oscar Niemeyer

Iwan Baan Photography, Rozenstraat 145, 1016 NP Amsterdam, The Netherlands, e-mail: studio@iwan.com — all images © Iwan Baan 1996 - 2026