Pierre El Khoury | |
Nationality: | Lebanese |
Birth Date: | 1930 |
Birth Place: | Lebanon |
Death Place: | Beirut, Lebanon |
Alma Mater: | Beaux-Arts de Paris, Paris, France |
Significant Buildings: | National Museum of Beirut, ESCWA |
Significant Projects: | BelHorizon, Our Lady of Lebanon |
Pierre el-Khoury (1930–2005), known as "Sheikh Pierre", was a prolific architect from Lebanon. He studied at École des Beaux-Arts, returned to Lebanon and designed more than 200 projects including Burj Al Ghazal Tower and Moritra residential building[1] [2]
He helped restore several houses in Baadarâne, Aley, and Aramoun and helped renovate a palace in Beit ed-Dine into a hotel with Amin Bizri in 1965.[2] He worked with many younger architects including Kamal Homsi, Jacques Abou Khaled, Semaan Khoury, Pierre Bassil, Joseph Faysal, Antoine Gemayel, Joe Geitani, and Tarek Zeidan.[2]
He died of bone cancer in Beirut.[2]