Guided Tours

The Arab Center for Architecture offers guided tours of the modern architectural heritage of Lebanon to local and visiting groups, schools and universities.

Different types of tours can be proposed:

• Walks in specific neighborhoods
• Thematic tours
• Detailed visits of buildings/sites (such as Tripoli Fair, Starco)
• Customized tours according to a particular interest

Volunteer architects and architecture students help the ACA team as guides.

To follow our tours, check out our Facebook page or register to our mailing list below.

To book a private tour, email us

February 28, 2016

Guided Visit | Zokak el-Blat, the Nahda district

The Arab Center for Architecture is organizing a guided visit entitled "Zokak el-Blat, the Nahda district" on Sunday February 2016.

The tour is guided by Liliane Barakat, geographer and professor at Saint Joseph University, and the meeting point will be the public garden between the Mouawad museum and Zokak el Blat mosque at 10:00 AM.

The tour will last 3 hours and the language used is French.

February 7, 2016

Walk the Line, a guided tour by Rani al Rajji

The Arab Center for Architecture is organizing a guided tour entitled "Walk the Line" on Sunday February 7, 2016.
 

The tour is guided by Rani Al Rajji, architect and urban storyteller. The meeting point is the Sunflower theater, Tayouneh roundabout at 10:00 AM.

The tour will last 3 hours and the language used is Arabic.

December 5, 2015

Beit Beirut to National Museum

From Beit Beirut to the National Museum, Mona el Hallak is guiding ACA's next guided tour on Saturday December 5, 2015. The tour is in Arabic.

This project is funded by the European Union.

Photo: Barakat Building, currently Beit Beirut, Youssef Aftimus, 1924, completed by Fouad Kozah,1932.

October 31, 2015

Guided Tour | Sanayeh-Clemenceau Area

Discover the Sanayeh-Clemenceau area on Saturday October 31, 2015, with ACA and Mazen Haidar, Conservation Architect-ALBA, University of Balamand. The visit is in Arabic.

This project is funded by the European Union.

Photo: Union Nationale Building, Antoine Tabet, Lucien Cavro, Beirut, 1952.

August 8, 2015

Guided Tour | Ras Beirut and Corniche

ACA is organizing a guided tour in Ras Beirut and the Corniche on Saturday August 8, 2015.
 

Dictaphone Group is taking part of the tour and will present the Campaign for the Preservation of the Dalieh. The tour is organized with the support of the European Union.
 

The visit is in Arabic and English.

Postcards are available at the Center.
 

Photo: Shams Building, Beirut, Lebanon, Joseph Philippe Karam, 1957, unknown photographer.

July 11, 2015

Guided Tour | Rayak

ACA is organizing a guided tour in Rayak on Saturday July 11, 2015 to discover the city and its train station. A bus will drive us throughout the day, starting from Beirut.

The visit is in Arabic and English.

Photo credit: Naji Assi