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2010 On Site Review Report 3980.LEB by Michele Lamprakos American University Campus Beirut, Lebanon Architect Sasaki Associates, Machado Silvetti Associates Client American University of Beirut Design 2001 - 2002 Completed 2007 - ongoing American University Campus Beirut, Lebanon I. Introduction The American University of Beirut (AUB) was founded in 1866 by American missionary Dr. Daniel Bliss. 1 It is comprised of two main campuses on 73 acres of land containing academic and administrative facilities, faculty and top administration residences, student dormitories, service facilities, a power plant, and a medical campus.2 It is an ‘urban campus’ located on a hill overlooking the Mediterranean Sea with a difference of approximately 30 metres between the upper and lower ends in Ras Beirut area. Due to the topographic conditions of the site, the campus is composed of 3 linear campuses with the middle campus containing a distinctive collection of trees and plants of local and foreign origins planted over the past 150 years by university administration, faculty members, visitors, and alumni. This collection of trees is a very distinctive feature of the AUB campus not found in any other place in Beirut. The campus contains a very rich ensemble of buildings that represent different eras and stages of architectural development covering three centuries: end of 19th, 20th and early 21st centuries. A. The AUB Campus Master Plan Project In May 2002, a master plan was completed to guide the physical development of AUB during the next 20 years. The master plan addressed matching th