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Villa Jamil Mekkaoui
Location
Beirut
Country
Lebanon


Construction
1953

Address
Airport Road

Project Status
Built
Building Type
House

Notes
The villa faces the American Life Insurance building on the Road to the Beirut Airport. The villa belongs today to the Majliss Al-'Aala Al-Chi'i, and it was defaced (arches, etc.) See "House on the Outskirts of Beirut" (with George Rais and Theo Canaan). Architectural Design, vol. 27, March 1957, p. 90.
Sources

Assem Salam

Architectural Design March 1957, p. 90

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