The small city of Anjar lies about sixty kilometers east of Beirut in Lebanon. Its history
borders on the miraculous. In 1939 a group of Armenians from the area Musa Dagh who had
survived the massacre and persecution perpetrated by the Young Turks found each other. With
support from the French colonial government they managed to buy the land. Not only did the
city planning that ensued foresee giving each family some land and a house they also built
three confessional schools in Anjar-apostolic catholic protestant. In celebration of the
city's eightieth anniversary the architects Vartivar Jaklian and Hossep Baboyan discuss this
utopia which is devoted to social and individual life in this illustrated volume containing
historical sketches and current photographs as well as companion texts. The film accompanying
the book also features interviews with today's residents of Anjar. VARTIVAR JAKLIAN (*1976
Aleppo) und HOSSEP BABOYAN (*1976 Beirut) both have Armenian roots and come from Lebanon. They
studied art and architecture in Beirut (Institut des Beaux-Arts) and in Venice (IUAV
Università). They commute back and forth between these two metropolises. Jaklian is an
architect and a photographer and Baboyan is an architect and a filmmaker. VARTIVAR JAKLIAN
(*1976 Aleppo) und HOSSEP BABOYAN (*1976 Beirut) both have Armenian roots and come from
Lebanon. They studied art and architecture in Beirut (Institut des Beaux-Arts) and in Venice
(IUAV Università). They commute back and forth between these two metropolises. Jaklian is an
architect and a photographer and Baboyan is an architect and a filmmaker. VARTIVAR JAKLIAN
(*1976 Aleppo) und HOSSEP BABOYAN (*1976 Beirut) both have Armenian roots and come from
Lebanon. They studied art and architecture in Beirut (Institut des Beaux-Arts) and in Venice
(IUAV Università). They commute back and forth between these two metropolises. Jaklian is an
architect and a photographer and Baboyan is an architect and a filmmaker.
