Yacoubian Building (Beirut)
Appearance
- For the Cairo, Egypt edifice of the same name, see Yacoubian Building (Cairo)
Yacoubian building, is a prominent commercial and residential edifice in Beirut, Lebanon, hosting some of the best-known commerces in a prominent coastal strip in Beirut. It belonged to the wealthy Armenian Yacoubian family.
The then-chic and now run-down famous Beirut edifice is a metaphor of Beirut's old architectural heritage and is subjet of Spectrice (Yacoubian Building, Beirut display and work of art.[1]
This is not to be confused with an equally important dominant edifice in Cairo, Egypt, called Yacoubian Building belonging to Hagop Yacoubian.