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Karim Nader references high modernism in an apartment that champions Beirut’s revival

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<div><br/></div><p>																“I refuse to be labeled as an architect of thegeneration of war. I do not find interest inarchitecture as a war machine, nor in thewar-torn building aesthetic. Beirut shouldbe architecturally represented as alwaysalive, forward looking, because forward isthe way of life,” Architect <a href="https://www.karimnader.com/" target="_blank">Karim Nader</a> writes in <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Novel-Architecture-Cine-Roman-2000-2020/dp/8862424795" target="_blank">For A Novel Architecture</a><em> </em>(2020).</p><div><br/></div><p>The Lebanese architect is engaged in preserving thearchitectural heritage of the cityof Beirut as well as optimisticallycommitted to acts of reprise in sitesscarred by destruction.  																As part of his commitment to thereprise of the city of Beirut, and inaddition to his projects to restoreiconic buildings from the modernistera, Karim Nader has also workedon several residential projects.   His recent work, <strong>Anthony Apartment</strong>, located in the Port of Beirut speaks of this dedication.  </p><div><br/></div><p>Set on the 20th floor, itsmodernist architectural referencesbrought to life in a play of lights andshadows, colors and muted grays.</p><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/2a333c9b-4116-48b7-aa90-656aff877e69_karim nader studio - anthony - ph m7a0224 - photo by marwan harmouche_lr 2400px.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt=""/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Karim Nader Studio. Anthony Apartment in Beirut, Lebanon. couch | brand: Living Divani, model: Extrasoft, designer: Piero Lissoni; coffee tables | brand: Mogg, model: Illusioni, designer: Sebastiano Tosi; painting | artist: Marwan Sahmarani;  sculpture | artist: Alfred Basbous; armchairs | model: Wassily, designer: Marcel Breuer <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"><em> Marwan Harmouche  </em></span></span></span></span></div><div><strong>Related Story: </strong><a href="/living/home-tours/lazaro-subic-home/32708" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Inside A Designing Couple’s Home Where Combined Passions Create A Lived-In Feel</a></div><div><br/></div><p>The apartment benefits from aspectacular exposure to light and view. Maybe too much of an exposure, so muchlight that it demands a darkening.</p><div><br/></div><p>																						Combined with a certain affinity for modernity and the purity of its lines, cleararchitectural references - Gerrit Rietveld, Le Corbusier, Eileen Grey... find their way asthe necessary accents in primary color of an otherwise neutral background.</p><div><br/></div><div>														</div><div>														</div><div class="article-content" itemProp="articleBody"><div class="media-content"><div class="slider-for"><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/45cd8ce5-850b-4d72-82db-3a71c068b509_karim nader_landscape.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/e27a7182-3eac-492a-9ddc-0a5ef6de61c5_karim nader studio - anthony - ph m7a0224 - photo by marwan harmouche_lr 2400px.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/7f8e6446-d459-451d-aea2-e584669e6254_karim nader studio - anthony - ph m7a0270 - photo by marwan harmouche_lr 2400px.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/d961767b-1cca-4715-91db-ddf77be0a8ff_karim nader studio - anthony - ph m7a0914 - photo by marwan harmouche_lr 2400px.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/f11b3393-5cba-44c5-9457-06095089a962_karim nader studio - anthony - ph m7a0968 - photo by marwan harmouche_lr 2400px.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/362ae8d1-b243-41d5-a206-4db876f62ffa_karim nader studio - anthony - ph m7a1027 - photo by marwan harmouche_lr 2400px.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/28c8b594-7c64-44e7-9af6-5221830186db_karim nader studio - anthony - ph m7a1061 - photo by marwan harmouche_lr 2400px.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/05a585a3-e2ec-4659-bda4-cfbc6976eb1c_karim nader studio - anthony - ph m7a1125 - photo by marwan harmouche_lr 2400px.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/a61cac6f-1a89-4027-bcd7-166f9723d309_karim nader studio - anthony - ph m7a1133 - photo by marwan harmouche_lr 2400px.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/0ff85ac5-ae23-449c-9576-a46146269508_karim nader studio - anthony - ph m7a1237 - photo by marwan harmouche_lr 2400px.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/71bff6a6-3e4b-49aa-b011-9b65e6aad8ff_karim nader studio - anthony - ph m7a9574 - photo by marwan harmouche_lr 2400px.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/4f7f5378-467b-4853-8ed9-257b4034b7c9_karim nader studio - anthony - ph m7a9628 - photo by marwan harmouche_lr 2400px.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/54f8ed2e-dba7-4978-b8e2-26389ba7f316_karim nader studio - anthony - ph m7a9656 - photo by marwan harmouche_lr 2400px.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/50d67f6b-a067-402f-af9b-7e6cb63ded94_karim nader studio - anthony - ph m7a9769 - photo by marwan harmouche_lr 2400px.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div><div><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/a1e37d57-13d5-43ef-ad88-2cb73b5a38cb_karim nader studio - anthony - ph m7a9833 - photo by marwan harmouche_lr 2400px.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii"/></div></div><div class="media-content slider-desc"><div class="item-desc"><div></div></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Anthony Apartment By Karim Nader - couch | brand: Living Divani, model: Extrasoft, designer: Piero Lissoni; coffee tables | brand: Mogg, model: Illusioni, designer: Sebastiano Tosi; painting | artist: Marwan Sahmarani; sculpture | artist: Alfred Basbous; armchairs | model: Wassily, designer: Marcel Breuer<cite>Marwan Harmouche</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Anthony Apartment By Karim Nader - dining table | model: Grid Nature, designer: Karim Nader Studio; dining chairs | brand: Knoll, model: Roquebrune, designer: Eileen Grey; chandelier | brand: Fabraca, model: Calder Revisit, designer: Karim Nader; painting | artist: Paul Guiragossian; console | model: Grid Light, designer: Karim Nader Studio<cite>Marwan Harmouche</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Anthony Apartment By Karim Nader - coffee table | brand: Poltrona Frau, model: Geometrie; armchair | brand: Cassina, model: Utrecht, designer: Gerrit Rietveld; couch | brand: Living Divani, model: Rod, designer: Piero Lissoni; carpet | designer: Eileen Grey; suspensions | brand: Plumen, model: Alta Light; bar stools | brand: Magis, model: Troy, designer: Marcel Wanders studio<cite>Marwan Harmouche</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Anthony Apartment By Karim Nader - dining table | model: Grid Nature, designer: Karim Nader Studio; dining chairs | brand: Knoll, model: Roquebrune, designer: Eileen Grey; chandelier | brand: Fabraca, model: Calder Revisit, designer: Karim Nader; painting | artist: Paul Guiragossian<cite>Marwan Harmouche</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Anthony Apartment By Karim Nader - coffee tables| brand: Mogg, model: Illusioni, designer: Sebastiano Tosi; day bed | model: Barcelona, designer: Mies van der Rohe<cite>Marwan Harmouche</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Anthony Apartment By Karim Nader - chair | brand: Knoll, model: Bertoia, designer: Harry Bertoia; library bar | model: Moving Grid, designer: Karim Nader Studio; painting | artist: Chafic Abboud<cite>Marwan Harmouche</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Anthony Apartment By Karim Nader - lounge chair | brand: Cassina, model: LC4, designer: Le Corbusier; sculpture | artist: Nayla Romanos<cite>Marwan Harmouche</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Anthony Apartment By Karim Nader - couch | brand: Living Divani, model: Extrasoft, designer: Piero Lissoni; library bar | model: Moving Grid, designer: Karim Nader Studio<cite>Marwan Harmouche</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Anthony Apartment By Karim Nader - coffee table | brand: Poltrona Frau, model: Geometrie; armchair | brand: Cassina, model: Red Blue, Special Edition Green, designer: Gerrit Rietveld; floor lamp | brand: Artemide, model: Tolomeo, designer: Michele de Lucchi with Giancarlo Fassina<cite>Marwan Harmouche</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Anthony Apartment By Karim Nader - desk system | model: Platforms, designer: Karim Nader Studio; chair | brand: Vitra, model: Standard, designer: Jean Prouvé<cite>Marwan Harmouche</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Anthony Apartment By Karim Nader - Karim Nader Studio. Anthony apartment in Beirut, Lebanon. <cite>Marwan Harmouche</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Anthony Apartment By Karim Nader - couch | brand: Living Divani, model: Extrasoft, designer: Piero Lissoni; coffee tables | brand: Mogg, model: Illusioni, designer: Sebastiano Tosi; day bed | model: Barcelona, designer: Mies van der Rohe; armchairs | model: Wassily, designer: Marcel Breuer<cite>Marwan Harmouche</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Anthony Apartment By Karim Nader - table | brand: Cassina, model: Accordo, designer: Charlotte Perriand;bed / seating | model: Platforms, designer: Karim Nader Studio<cite>Marwan Harmouche</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Anthony Apartment By Karim Nader - bed | model: Red Yellow Blue, designer: Karim Nader Studio; lamp | brand: Vitra, model: Potence, designer: Jean Prouvé; chair | brand: Cassina, model: Zigzag, designer: Gerrit Rietveld<cite>Marwan Harmouche</cite></p></div></div></div></div><div><strong>Related Story: </strong><a href="/living/home-tours/kips-bay-palm-beach-2022/32611" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> 20+ Spaces In This Mediterranean Revival Estate Get Top Designer Treatment</a></div><div><br/></div><p>																						The consistent grey cement palette on floor and walls is only contradicted by thelightness of a natural wood ceiling where a Calder-like ‘mobile’ serves as a decorativelight accent. Dark corridor and apartment entrance serve as ‘blind transitions’ whilethe multi-guest bedroom doubles as a yoga space and home office.														</p><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/48a21501-3616-4b52-951e-dee286d8a720_karim nader studio - anthony - ph m7a0968 - photo by marwan harmouche_lr 2400px.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt=""/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Karim Nader Studio. Anthony apartment in Beirut, Lebanon; dining table | model: Grid Nature, designer: Karim Nader Studio; dining chairs | brand: Knoll, model: Roquebrune, designer: Eileen Grey; chandelier | brand: Fabraca, model: Calder Revisit, designer: Karim Nader; painting | artist: Paul Guiragossian<span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"><em> Marwan Harmouche  </em></span></span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>																						When Beirut eventually overlays itself in this modernist Mondrian-like collage, it isonce again its moving shadows that activate all perspectives of this multi-layeredcity: north towards the port, south and east towards the mountains and westtowards the central district.														</p><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/988cb775-1a2b-41e2-9f84-a7aa16bafe02_karim nader studio - anthony - ph m7a9656 - photo by marwan harmouche_lr 2400px.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt=""/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Caption: Karim Nader Studio. Anthony apartment in Beirut, Lebanon; couch | brand: Living Divani, model: Extrasoft, designer: Piero Lissoni;  coffee tables | brand: Mogg, model: Illusioni, designer: Sebastiano Tosi;  day bed | model: Barcelona, designer: Mies van der Rohe; armchairs | model: Wassily, designer: Marcel Breuer<span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"><em> Marwan Harmouhce  </em></span></span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>About The Architect</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>																						<strong>Karim Nader</strong> is an architect, teacher and yogi. Born in 1976 in Lebanon, he studiedat the American University of Beirut (Bachelor of Architecture with distinction,1999) and at Rice University in Houston, in the United States of America (Master ofArchitecture, 2003).														</p><div><br/></div><p>																						He has been practicing architecture for the last 20 years with work designed and builtin Lebanon and the world. He is currently running Karim Nader Studio, an architectureand design practice based in Beirut. Since 2000, Karim Nader has taught at theAmerican University of Beirut, the Lebanese American University and the Politecnicodi Milano.														</p><div><br/></div><p>																						His references vary from Zen Buddhism to Westernphilosophy in a liberty to quote from the hybrid roots that make the Lebanesesubject. The work of his studio as well as the fruit of previous collaborations has beenwidely published in the international press with notable acclaim and recognition bothon built work and competitions.</p><div><br/></div><p>						<em>For a Novel Architecture</em>, his first retrospective book covering the years 2000 to2020, was published in December 2020 by<a href="https://www.letteraventidue.com/" target="_blank"> LetteraVentidue</a>. The book was awarded“Le Geste d’Or” in Paris in 2021.</p><div>														</div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img loading="lazy" src="https://assets-metrostyle.abs-cbn.com/prod/metrostyle/attachments/b9b2f11b-1856-4ff4-aed6-0847f0a454ba_karim nader - photo portrait (photo by marco pinarelli).jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt=""/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Architect Karim Nader<span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"><em> Courtesy of Karim Nader Studio  </em></span></span></span></span></div>