Landscape Middle East Magazine - August 2022

In this issue

In the August issue of Landscape ME, we meet the women who are on a mission to save Beirut’s Pine Forest, one of the last remaining public green forests in the city. Moukarzel Sarkissian and Dima Rachid are the founders of studiolibani, a landscape architect and urban strategist studio with operations in Dubai, Beirut, and London. They believe that “a resilient urban Beirut” is the answer to the myriad of challenges that the city is currently facing. Tackling issues of urban resilience, climatic resilience, social equality, economic growth, and emergency response are also on their agenda. Read more on page 18.
We also feature veteran Landscape architect and author, Edward Flaherty in this issue. Ed reflects on his international career spanning 50 years across Europe, the US and Middle East. See page 8
Staying with the theme of connecting our youth to nature while studying, we showcase a nature inspired vision for the new Alice L. Walton School of Medicine in the US. New York Landscape architects OSD and lead architects Polk Stanley Wilcox are building a first-of-its-kind medical school in Arkansas in the US. The campus is designed to seamlessly connect with the surrounding woodlands and the Ozarks at-large. Page 28
Back in the region, Dubai-based Architect and Urbanist, Junior Andrade shares his latest project, ‘Abo Omar Palace’ in Jeddah. The complex comprises a grand palace and four luxury villas, one for each of the client's children. Page14