About ‘The House of Beirut.’ by Roman Robroek - Photos of Abandoned Buildings
The Barakat house, commissioned by Nicholas Barakat and his wife Victoria, was designed and built in 1924 by Lebanese architect Youssef Aftimus, the architect who designed Beirut's city hall. In 1932 two more stories were added by architect Fouad Kozah, giving the building its current form.
Middle-class families lived in the…
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Roman Robroek is a Dutch photographer specializing in urbex photography and architectural photography of abandoned buildings around the world. From ruined castles and abandoned churches to deserted villas and industrial heritage: Roman captures places left behind by time, places that still tell their own story.
Working with natural light only, he searches for the silence behind the decay: the staircase no one climbs anymore, the walls slowly being reclaimed by…
