AKL Architects

The contract is signed. The vision is real. 🤝
Beirut Arab University and Akl Architects have officially committed to building this campus — approved by the BAU Board and President. The master plan contract is signed.
A campus born from the land that holds it. 🌿
Not a render. Not a dream. A commitment.
We are building a university for the Beqaa Valley — low buildings embedded in green, one pedestrian spine connecting everything, 86% of the land left open and alive. A campus for 3,240 students and 8 faculties, shaped by nature, wind, and the agricultural heart of Lebanon.
This is not architecture that shouts.
It is architecture that listens.
To the valley. To the wind. To the people who will call it home.
بيروت العربية. البقاع. المستقبل.
✦ Design: Akl Architects
📍 Beqaa Valley, Lebanon
🎓 Beirut Arab University

Built like a fragment of the landscape.

Concrete, stone, and vegetation intertwine — shaping a quiet architecture that belongs to its surroundings.

Light becomes the main material.
Space becomes the experience.

« The Art of city living , on my own terms »

DRL Polyclinic, Beirut - Designed for Dr. Raed Lattouf, completed in 2016.

Above Beirut’s historic fabric | A daring mixed-use building where white concrete crowns the restored structure transforming geometry into a bold architectural language.

Mar Mikhael Habitat, crafted for urban living.

Honored to announce that Black Ember has been awarded the 2025 Japan IDPA International Pioneer Design Award in the Architecture – Pioneer category.

A meaningful recognition for our studio and a special moment to be here in Tokyo as it happens.

Thank you to the IDPA jury for recognizing our work and to everyone who helped bring this vision to life.

Where form meets warmth, and minimalism embraces comfort.

A monolith in the mist