Two decades after civil war blew the Lebanese capital to rubble, the city centre boasts immaculately rebuilt streets lined with Gucci and Prada stores – but the whole place is strangely deserted, says Oliver Wainwright

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"It is an act of urban vandalism on a monumental scale, erecting a great wall between the bay and sites inland that have enjoyed an elevated view for centuries. It also seems like a perverse move for Solidere itself: once hemmed in by a wall of towers, the value of its own central conservation area will be reduced."

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