The Lebanese House, installation at the V&A by Annabel Karim Kassar. Photo by Ed Reeve.
The Lebanese House, installation at the V&A by Annabel Karim Kassar. Photog by Ed Reeve
Beit Kassar (MainRoom) © Colombe Clier
Cromwell Rd, London, UK
Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A)
Free
Daily 10 a.m.–5:45 p.m., Fri until 10 p.m.
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20 June - 21 August, 2022
The Lebanese House: saving a home; saving a city
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French-Lebanese architect Annabel Karim Kassar and her studio AKK explore the catastrophic effects of the 2020 Beirut explosion with a life-sized reconstruction of the facade of Bayt K, a traditional Lebanese home in the historic quarter of Gemmayzeh.