Spectacular house built on the ruins of a torture hell-hole: Lebanese prison where captives were flayed with whips and electric cables is transformed into modern home (22 Pics)

Beautiful images have revealed a stylish new home raised from the ruins of a house that was taken over by the Lebanese military and other ...

Beautiful images have revealed a stylish new home raised from the ruins of a house that was taken over by the Lebanese military and other militia and used as a torture and detention centre for 28 years.

Striking shots show the original building before the war, at the end of military occupation and the 22000-square-foot new property being built on the site.

Coined 'The House with Two Lives' by Lebanese design practice Nabil Gholam Architects, the property is set within a stunning site surrounded by a pine forest near the mountain village of Bois de Boulogne, in Lebanon.

Pictured, the original house in 1947 before the Lebanese Civil War started. The property was later seized by the military

The building works of the original house before it was seized by the military during the Lebanese Civil War

A picture of the original house taken in 1975 at the beginning of the Lebanese Civil War and military occupation