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Tunisia: Hotel Du Lac, an Icon of World Architecture that Would Have Inspired a Star Wars Ship, Is on the Brink of Extinction

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A masterpiece of brutalism, the Hotel du Lac de Tunis, is being demolished, in order to be transformed into a shopping centre and luxury hotel. Civil society is mobilizing to save itThe legend says that it inspired George Lucas for a Star Wars ship: the Hotel du Lac de Tunis, an emblem of the 20th century world architecture, is being demolished, causing a rise of shields from civil society. The entrance point of the "European city", with its str…
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A masterpiece of brutalism, the Hotel du Lac de Tunis, is being demolished, in order to be transformed into a shopping centre and luxury hotel. Civil society is mobilizing to save itThe legend says that it inspired George Lucas for a Star Wars ship: the Hotel du Lac de Tunis, an emblem of the 20th century world architecture, is being demolished, causing a rise of shields from civil society. The entrance point of the "European city", with its str…

The demolition of this emblematic building, conceived in the 1970s, causes a strong emotion among the defenders of the heritage. The developers promise a modernized reconstruction, while the architects denounce an irreversible loss for urban history and Tunisian identity. One of the jewels of brutalist architecture in Tunisia, the Hotel du Lac, is currently under way [...] The article The Hotel du Lac de Tunis, a brutalist jewel, falls under the…

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Le Singulier broke the news in on Saturday, August 30, 2025.
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