Badih and Kantar Architects

I have always been passionate to draw, since my early childhood, and I recall most of these drawings being about houses and buildings.

We started out as a small local design studio and now grew into a solid firm of more than 30 Architects and Interior Designers, handling designs from concept to execution drawings in an international market, while always striving to maintain the creative process and the search for the development of new and old ideas alike.

The quest for a solution to a predicament that brings in an added value.

Sari Gardens. What fascinated me the most was the challenge to create a single module aimed to be built in several attached examples that could express itself differently every time, therefor avoiding repetition, and creating harmony in a very elongated facade.

As much as I do look for aesthetics in an edifice, the criteria I focus on the most is the functionality.

That would be an enormous responsibility, for he doesn't only design a space, but rather a lifestyle. That is why, while he should be considerate to the social values, he should also be able to refine the environment into a socially interactive living space.

The way of life is rapidly changing, and with it the needs as well. That is why I think technology and the digital age will soon be an intricate part of it.

Beirut Design Week, held in downtown Beirut, 3 months ago. The next exhibition will be in Beirut Exhibition Center, the coming month.

Within the amazing wealth of viewings and readings that our minds keep absorbing everyday, and unconsciously integrate into our intellect and culture.