Le Pelican is a family-owned seafood restaurant based in Lebanon. With its uniquely served courses, Le Pelican is renowned as one of the finest seafood restaurants in Beirut. With bespoke furniture and tailor-made lighting and fixtures, Antoine Maalouf Architects designed and executed a turnkey project for Le Pelican. Le Pelican’s interior architecture was inspired by […]
Orso Bianco is a gelato and ice cream franchise based in Lebanon. Orso Bianco gelateria is one of the leading gelato makers in Lebanon, with a clientele that is as passionate about it as its owners—a clientele that appreciates all that this artisanal gelato is about. With bespoke furniture and tailor-made lighting and fixtures, Antoine […]
Zefta Art House is an initiative of the Dar Zefta Foundation and directly reflects its mission to support cultural development and community regeneration in South Lebanon. The Art House advances the Foundation’s priorities by embedding artistic practice within local life, engaging youth, women, and artisans, and strengthening cultural activities and attractions in the region. The […]
Located in Mar Mikhayel (Beirut, Lebanon), the “Pay What You Think Fair” restaurant rotates chefs and serves food from the four corners of the world. Creating a fully functional organic restaurant in less than 25 square meters was a challenge. The space was originally a Lebanese sandwich counter with features dating back to the 1950s […]
Located on the 40th floor of the H-Hotel (Dubai) is the U.A.E.’s highest rooftop bar. Based on studies conducted by our acoustic consultants, we designed a robust acoustic barrier that blocked noise from reaching neighbouring towers and was able to withstand harsh natural elements. A mixture of sound-absorbing vertical green walls, acoustic glass, teak wood, […]
Dar Zefta is an estate built in 1911 in Ottoman-influenced Lebanon. Whilst converting the interiors of the 1911 “Dar Zefta” Ottoman mansion into an off-the-grid traditional Lebanese hotel, Antoine Maalouf Architects faced several challenges, including: Allocating spaces to their desired functions in hospitality management to create fully functional, communicating areas in terms of rooms, living […]
La Fuente de San Miguel is a South American and Latino restaurant and cocktail bar that was part of the renovation of a 1950s building in the Mar Mikhayel area of Beirut, Lebanon. The project encompasses 600 square meters of outdoor and indoor dining areas and lounges, in which all furnishings, fixtures, and lighting have […]
Located in Clemenceau, Ras Beirut (Lebanon), a 350-square-metre mid-century residential home was transformed into a whiskey bar and jazz venue. The main challenge of this specific space was developing a venue that would blend into its 1940s environment, bearing in mind specific F&B standards, functionality and circulation, comfortable acoustics, and versatile, adaptable lighting within the […]
Located in Sodeco, Beirut, The Grasshopper is a bar room in which all lighting fixtures and furniture have been tailor-made, custom-designed, and prototyped to fit its 35-square-meter interior. The Grasshopper stands in the heart of the city and reflects in many ways the capital’s golden years of the 1960s.
The site for the new bar was a 45-year-old automobile spare parts shop located on the main street of Mar Mikhayel (Beirut, Lebanon), known for its 1960s heritage architecture, including the famous Electricité du Liban building and old train station. When designing Internazionale, we made sure the space easily integrated into its surroundings. With a […]
