New members’ membership Beihouse revives Beirut’s architectural heritage

Because the hospitality panorama more and more calls for a social agenda of pre-planning, pre-booking, and generally even pre-ordering, the attraction of a members’ membership – with its certainty and assured entry permitting good old school spontaneity – has by no means been stronger. The most recent crop of such golf equipment isn’t restricted to a particular location; latest standouts embrace the artwork deco-infused The Wilde in Milan (recipient of a Wallpaper* Design Award 2025) and the ultra-luxe Core Membership in New York. Now, a extra surprising location faucets into the development: Beirut’s Gemmayzeh.

As soon as an prosperous cultural hub, the neighbourhood was among the many hardest hit by Beirut’s 2020 port explosion. It’s right here that Beihouse, a brand new members’ membership, has taken root. The initiative started as an effort to avoid wasting three Nineteenth-century Lebanese homes and their shared courtyard from demolition. Lebanese structure studio Dagher Hanna & Companions, in collaboration with London-based designer Linda Boronkay (former design director of Soho Home), got down to restore the property and revive a number of the conviviality and exercise that when outlined the realm.

Tour Beihouse in Beirut, Lebanon

‘We aspired to create a spot that will as soon as once more change into the beating coronary heart of communal gatherings,’ says Boronkay, ‘a sanctuary of solace in a metropolis that deserves to hope and have a good time.’ The gates of Beiphone open onto a picturesque courtyard shaded by a centuries-old olive tree, which results in The Backyard Bar, the place a inexperienced marble countertop, inlaid with straw marquetry, anchors a bar serving cocktails and spirits in entrance of a Lalique-carved mirror. Designed to be adaptable, the realm transforms from a comfortable winter setting to an open-air venue throughout Beirut’s hotter months.

On the far aspect of the courtyard is a fine-dining restaurant with a non-public gathering house above. On the helm is Tarek Alameddine, beforehand a sous chef at Copenhagen’s Noma, whose menu consists of regionally impressed dishes like za’atar chouquettes and beef tartare served in nasturtium leaves. With 5m-high ceilings, the interiors are carved into 4 distinct rooms, a nod to the normal format of a Lebanese residence. ‘We sought to protect and expose as a lot of the unique sandstone construction as potential, with plastered surfaces embellished with bespoke plaster bas-reliefs, cornices, and trompe l’oeil results rendered in a wealthy palette,’ provides Boronkay.

Upstairs, the environment shifts. What features as a quiet front room by day turns into a moody bar and lounge by evening, full with olive-green textured partitions, a deep blue alcove, an intimate library nook, and a cigar room outfitted with a brass fire engraved with cigar-leaf motifs. Practically each aspect within the membership was created in partnership with Lebanese artisans or sourced from regional classic markets. Atop the constructing, a ceramic studio and rooftop backyard crown the house, with plans for future visitor suites already underway.

Beihouse is positioned at Pasteur, Beirut, Lebanon.