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Thursday, May 1, 2008

Syrian Construction

One interesting thing about Syria is that most of the buildings are constructed with stone as the outer facade, as opposed to Turkey which uses glass (similar to the USA) or concrete (which is the base structure of the building).

Here is the University Hospital in Downtown Aleppo:




Here is a rather ornate apartment building:




Another nice looking apartment building still under construction:

Posted by Mike Whitton at 5:14 AM

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