Designed by Khalil Khouri in 1973, the Interdesign Building (at left) was not completed until 1997, after which it sat empty, until his son and grand son, Bernard and Teymour Khoury, inaugurated it for the We Design Beirut event in May. (Photo: Trevor Patt/Flickr)
Number of years the Interdesign Building, a brutalist concrete structure in Beirut designed by the late architectural designer Khalil Khouri, sat dormant ahead of its use for an exhibition last month: 27