Envisaged and designed by the Italian architect Raffaele Contigiani, Hotel Du Lac was constructed between 1970 and 1973 for the Tunisian government during the middle of the reign of Habib Bourguiba, Tunisia’s first president. The structure is not only an icon of Tunis city, as it is well-known among lovers of Brutalist architecture around the world.
With its sharp geometry and imposing inverted pyramid shape, the abandoned hotel dominates the ville nouvelle area of Tunis. A contemporary architectural icon of North Africa (with much more than a pinch of raw-concrete Brutalism), Hotel Du Lac is not just your usual 10-floor/416-room hotel. The mind-bending, uniquely cantilevered design results in a top floor that’s double the length of the ground floor.
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| Dar El Annabi | 2020 | 16.2km | site_ao | ||
| Tunis Medina | 2019 | 1.1km | site_ao | ||
| An Ancient Tophet at Carthage | 2017 | 12.8km | site_ao | ||
| Hôtel du Lac | 1970 | 0km | site_brutalism | ||
| Medina of Tunis | 1979 | 2.5km | site_whs | ||
| Archaeological Site of Carthage | 1979 | 13.4km | site_whs | ||
| The Implicit Threat of Being Designated a World Heritage Site | 2019 | 14.2km | post | ||
| The mystery of Star Wars and Tunisia’s rundown Brutalist hotel | 2019 | 2.7km | post |
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