Lina Ghotmeh

{{Short description|Lebanese-born architect (born 1980)}}

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Lina Ghotmeh (born 2 July 1980) is a Lebanese-born architect and founder of Lina Ghotmeh Architecture in Paris. Raised in Beirut, her work emphasizes sustainability, history, and materiality, integrating traditional techniques with contemporary design.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-21 |title=Biography |url=https://www.linaghotmeh.com/en/biography.html |website=Lina Ghotmeh - Architecture}}{{Cite journal |date=2020-08-13 |title="L'impact de l'explosion sur la ville de Beyrouth est total", Lina Ghotmeh, architecte |url=https://www.lemoniteur.fr/photo/l-impact-de-l-explosion-sur-la-ville-de-beyrouth-est-total-lina-ghotmeh-architecte.2100439/lina-ghotmeh-architecte.1 |journal=Le Moniteur |language=fr}}

Her projects include the Stone Garden tower in Beirut,{{Cite web |date=2021-11-22 |title=Stone Garden by Lina Ghotmeh named architecture project of the year at Dezeen Awards 2021 |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2021/11/22/stone-garden-lina-ghotmeh-architecture-project-year-dezeen-awards-2021/ |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=Dezeen |language=en}} the Hermès workshops in Normandy, France's first passive low-carbon manufacturing facility,{{Cite web |date=2023-08-11 |title=Hermès Taps Architect Lina Ghotmeh to Create the Saddle Workshop of the Future |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/hermes-taps-architect-lina-ghotmeh-to-create-the-saddle-workshop-of-the-future |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=Architectural Digest |language=en-US}} the Estonian National Museum in Tartu,{{Cite web |last=Priest |first=Isabelle |date=2023-06-06 |title=Serpentine Pavilion designer Lina Ghotmeh on her life, work and influences |url=https://www.ribaj.com/culture/interview-lina-ghotmeh-serpentine-pavilion-2023-beirut-paris-stone-gardens-hermes |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=www.ribaj.com |language=en}} and the upcoming AlUla Contemporary Art Museum in Saudi Arabia.

In 2023, she designed the Serpentine Pavilion, becoming the fourth woman to do so since Zaha Hadid's inaugural structure in 2000. She has received multiple awards, including the 2020 Schelling Architecture Award,{{Cite web |date=2020 |title=Lina Ghotmeh - Schelling-Architekturstiftung |url=https://www.schelling-architekturpreis.org/en/awardee/lina-ghotmeh-2/ |access-date=2024-01-03 |language=en-GB}} and the 2023 Architecture and Design Award from the Great Arab Minds initiative in the UAE.{{Cite web |title=Sheikh Mohammed names Prof. Lina Ghotmeh winner of Great Arab Minds Award in Architecture and Design |url=https://gulftoday.ae/news/2023/12/22/sheikh-mohammed-names-prof-lina-ghotmeh-winner-of-great-arab-minds-award-in-architecture-and-design |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=gulftoday.ae}}

Biography

= Early life and education =

Ghotmeh was born in 1980 and grew up in Beirut after the Lebanese Civil War.{{Cite web |title=Lina Ghotmeh, the interview: "Wouldn't be absurd to build a glass skyscraper in Beirut?" |url=https://www.domusweb.it/en/architecture/gallery/2019/11/10/interview-with-lina-ghotmeh-wouldnt-be-absurd-to-build-a-glass-skyscraper-in-beirut.html |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=www.domusweb.it |language=en-gb}} At a young age, she was introduced to building design with a mother trained as an architect and a father who is a contractor.{{Cite web |last=Priest |first=Isabelle |date=2023-06-06 |title=Serpentine Pavilion designer Lina Ghotmeh on her life, work and influences |url=https://www.ribaj.com/culture/interview-lina-ghotmeh-serpentine-pavilion-2023-beirut-paris-stone-gardens-hermes |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=www.ribaj.com |language=en}} At university in Beirut in the early 2000s, Ghotmeh initially wanted to be an archaeologist, and this interest in history, identity, and memory are common themes of her work.{{Cite web |title=Lina Ghotmeh, the interview: "Wouldn’t be absurd to build a glass skyscraper in Beirut?" |url=https://www.domusweb.it/en/architecture/gallery/2019/11/10/interview-with-lina-ghotmeh-wouldnt-be-absurd-to-build-a-glass-skyscraper-in-beirut.html |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=www.domusweb.it |language=en-gb}}

Having grown up in the Middle East, Ghotmeh's architecture draws inspiration from the diverse civilizations that have shaped her home.{{Cite web |last=Cos |first=Juan Carlos Calanchini González |date=2023-12-01 |title=Lina Ghotmeh: espacios que invitan al diálogo |url=https://letraslibres.com/revista/calanchini-lina-ghotmeh-espacios-que-invitan-al-dialogo/ |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=Letras Libres |language=es-MX}} She delves into the rich history of a place, and her knowledge of climatic architecture, especially that of the Arab region, results in culturally and environmentally sensitive projects.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-06 |title=Multidisciplinary architect Lina Ghotmeh talks encouraging a consciousness for the natural world and critical thinking |url=https://gulfnews.com/kurator/life/multidisciplinary-architect-lina-ghotmeh-talks-encouraging-a-consciousness-for-the-natural-world-and-critical-thinking-1.1701870537425 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=gulfnews.com |language=en}}

Ghotmeh graduated from the American University of Beirut with a bachelor's degree in architecture with distinction in 2003.{{Cite web |title=Voix In(é)dites ● Entretien #2 avec Lina Ghotmeh – La Maison de l'architecture Ile-de-France |url=https://www.maisonarchitecture-idf.org/2020/10/12/voix-inedites-%e2%97%8f-entretien-2-avec-lina-ghotmeh/ |access-date=2023-11-19 |language=fr-FR}} In her third year as an architecture student, she received the Fawzi W. Azar Award as a scholarship{{Cite web |title=Fawzi W. Azar Award (Established in 1996) |url=https://www.aub.edu.lb/msfea/Pages/studentawards-fawzi-azar.aspx |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=www.aub.edu.lb}} and the Areen Prize for her diploma project.{{Cite web |title=Areen Projects Award for Excellence In Architecture and Graphic Design |url=https://www.aub.edu.lb/msfea/Pages/studentawards-areen.aspx |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=www.aub.edu.lb}} In 2001 she left Lebanon for an internship in Paris to collaborate with the Ateliers of Jean Nouvel{{Cite web |title=Doha High Rise Office Tower |url=https://www.jeannouvel.com/projets/doha-9-high-rise-office-tower/ |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=Ateliers Jean Nouvel |language=fr-FR}} where she worked on the Doha High Rise in Qatar. After completing her studies in 2003, she moved back to Paris to continue working with Jean Nouvel and then in collaboration with Norman Foster of Foster and Partners in London.{{Cite web |last=Imanova |first=Aidan |date=2021-04-08 |title=id50 2021: Celebrating contributions to design and architecture |url=https://identity.ae/id50-2021-celebrating-contributions-to-design-and-architecture-across-the-middle-east/ |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=identity |language=en-US}} In 2005, in London, Ghotmeh worked separately on the creation of the Estonian National Museum with fellow architects Dan Dorell and Tsuyoshi Tane, and the trio established Dorell Ghotmeh Tane/ Architects (DGT){{Cite web |title=Lina Ghotmeh : Vivre avec des ruines, je connais ça... |url=https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1026411/lina-ghotmeh-vivre-avec-des-ruines-je-connais-ca.html}}{{Cite web |date=2016-03-25 |title=Grand Prix AFEX 2016 |url=https://www.afex.fr/grand-prix/2016/3/25/grand-prix-afex-2016 |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=AFEX |language=fr-FR}} in 2006{{Cite web |date=2016-10-02 |title=Architects & technical data |url=https://www.erm.ee/en/content/architects-technical-data |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=www.erm.ee |language=en}} after winning the museum competition. Completed in 2016, the museum was nominated for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture Mies van der Rohe Award and won the AFEX Grand Prize, which is awarded every two years for significant buildings around the world built by French architects.{{Cite web |date=2016-03-25 |title=Grand Prix AFEX 2016 |url=https://www.afex.fr/grand-prix/2016/3/25/grand-prix-afex-2016 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=AFEX |language=fr-FR}}

Between 2007 and 2015, Ghotmeh taught architecture as an associate professor in Paris at the École spéciale d'Architecture{{Cite web |title=Nuit Blanche 2012 - "Illuminations stellaires" - École Spéciale d'Architecture |url=https://www.esa-paris.fr/le-portfolio/evenements/Nuit-Blanche-2012-Illuminations?lang=fr |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=www.esa-paris.fr}}{{Cite web |title=Workshop S6 au Couvent de La Tourette - École Spéciale d'Architecture |url=https://www.esa-paris.fr/le-portfolio/evenements/article/workshop-s6-au-couvent-de-la-tourette?lang=fr |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=www.esa-paris.fr}}{{Cite web |title=Archimorphose - École Spéciale d'Architecture |url=https://www.esa-paris.fr/le-portfolio/evenements/Archimorphose-par-les-etudiants-en?lang=fr |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=www.esa-paris.fr}} and obtained a master's degree in architecture during the same period.{{Cite web |date=2013-07-08 |title=Spéciale #5-6 by École Spéciale d'Architecture - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/ecolespeciale/docs/sp__ciale_5-6_issues |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=École Spéciale d'Architecture |url=https://ecole89.rssing.com/chan-4943452/all_p4.html |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=ecole89.rssing.com}}

= Career =

In 2016, Ghotmeh established her eponymous architecture firm Lina Ghotmeh — Architecture in Paris in the 11th arrondissement.{{Cite web |date=2019-03-05 |title=LINA GHOTMEH |url=https://www.archistorm.com/lina-ghotmeh/ |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=Archistorm |language=fr-FR}} Her work is framed around “Archaeology of the Future” which she has coined, due to its historical and materially sensitive research.{{Cite web |title=Lina Ghotmeh, the interview: "Wouldn’t be absurd to build a glass skyscraper in Beirut?" |url=https://www.domusweb.it/en/architecture/gallery/2019/11/10/interview-with-lina-ghotmeh-wouldnt-be-absurd-to-build-a-glass-skyscraper-in-beirut.html |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=www.domusweb.it |language=en-gb}} Her early research and work include an investigative installation at the first Sharjah Architecture Triennale where she explored the rejuvenation of Sharjah’s urban courtyards,{{Cite web |last=updated |first=Yoko Choy last |date=2019-11-26 |title=The Sharjah Architecture Triennial inspects the future of urbanism |url=https://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/sharjah-architecture-triennale-2019-review |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=wallpaper.com |language=en}} a carbon-neutral minimal dwelling as part of Hotel Metropole exhibition at the Pavillon de l'Arsenal in Paris,{{Cite web |title=Un hôtel pas si particulier |url=https://www.lejournaldesarts.fr/expositions/un-hotel-pas-si-particulier-146777 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=Le Journal Des Arts |language=fr}} and Les Grands Verres restaurant at Paris contemporary art museum Palais de Tokyo.{{Cite web |date=2018-03-21 |title=Lina Ghotmeh, archéologue du futur |url=https://www.connaissancedesarts.com/musees/palais-tokyo/lina-ghotmeh-archeologue-du-futur-1190866/ |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=Connaissance des Arts |language=fr-FR}} For the Palais de Tokyo, unveiled in 2017, “Ghotmeh selected natural surfaces that perpetuate the sustainable spirit, including a 60-foot bar made from compacted earth,” according to the Wall Street Journal.{{Cite news |last=Morrell |first=Tarajia |date=2017-08-21 |title=The Young Restaurateurs Behind the Palais de Tokyo’s New Eatery |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-young-restaurateurs-behind-the-palais-de-tokyos-new-eatery-1503330129 |access-date=2024-01-03 |issn=0099-9660}}

In 2020, the architect completed the sculptural, sand-toned concrete tower in Beirut, Stone Garden, which was awarded Dezeen Project of the Year in 2021.{{Cite web |title=Stone Garden by Lina Ghotmeh {{!}} 2020-09-21 {{!}} Architectural Record |url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14808-stone-garden-by-lina-ghotmeh |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=www.architecturalrecord.com |language=en}} Large openings across the geometric construction are filled with plants: “They transform the scars into moments of life,” Ghotmeh told The National.{{Cite web |last=Shehadi |first=Lemma |date=2021-12-06 |title=The Lebanese architect offering an innovative approach to sustainable design |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/art/2021/12/06/the-lebanese-architect-offering-an-innovative-approach-to-sustainable-architecture/ |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=The National |language=en}} Stone Garden is her first architectural project in her hometown of Beirut, and it's designed to echo the resilience and long history of the city, which has been inhabited, destroyed, colonized, and rebuilt across centuries.{{Cite web |title=Stone Garden |url=https://www.fritzhansen.com/en/inspiration/stories/the-journal/stone-garden |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=Fritz Hansen |language=en}} The building withstood the August 2020 explosion that destroyed a large part Beirut.{{Cite web |title=A Year On, Beirut Mourns But Begins to Rebuild {{!}} 2021-08-04 {{!}} Architectural Record |url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15267-a-year-on-beirut-mourns-but-begins-to-rebuild |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=www.architecturalrecord.com |language=en}}

In 2021 Ghotmeh unveiled a 6-foot model version of Stone Garden for the Venice Architecture Biennale.{{Cite news |last=Lubell |first=Sam |date=2021-05-20 |title=The Venice Biennale, Twice Delayed, Takes On New Relevance |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/20/arts/design/venice-biennale.html |access-date=2024-01-03 |issn=0362-4331}} “This mix of elements nod to Lebanon’s history of war and violence while creating community (or, as Ms. Ghotmeh put it, “orchestrating life”), celebrating and nurturing local craft, and encouraging outdoor living, nature and a sense of hope and healing,” according to The New York Times.{{Cite news |last=Lubell |first=Sam |date=2021-05-20 |title=The Venice Biennale, Twice Delayed, Takes On New Relevance |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/20/arts/design/venice-biennale.html |access-date=2024-01-03 |issn=0362-4331}} The model was subsequently exhibited at Rome’s MAXXI as part of the exhibition Good News Women in Architecture, alongside works of Zaha Hadid and Kazuyo Sejima{{Cite web |title=BUONE NUOVE donne in architettura |url=https://www.maxxi.art/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Buone_Nuove_crediti.pdf |access-date=2024-01-04}} and at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York for the exhibition, Designing Peace,{{Cite web |title=Designing Peace {{!}} Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |url=https://www.cooperhewitt.org/channel/designing-peace/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=www.cooperhewitt.org |language=en-US}} which is currently at San Francisco at the Museum of Craft and Design.{{Cite web |title=Designing Peace |url=https://sfmcd.org/exhibitions/designing-peace/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=MCD |language=en-US}}

In 2022, Ghotmeh was appointed architect of the [https://www.serpentinegalleries.org/about/press/the-22nd-pavilion-is-announced/ 22nd Serpentine Pavilion] that was unveiled at Kensington Gardens in the summer of 2023.{{Cite news |last=Heathcote |first=Edwin |date=2023-06-05 |title=New Serpentine Pavilion is a delicate wonder of light spirits |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/2e29d730-567a-4086-ab40-e42fd72c6803 |access-date=2023-11-19}} Dubbed "À table," it was built of wood in a circular shape, with a majlis-like assembly (traditional Arabic sitting rooms) to encourage coming together, and designed to be fully demountable and reusable.{{Cite news |last=Wainwright |first=Oliver |date=2022-11-23 |title=‘It’s a bit Mary Poppins’: Lina Ghotmeh to design 2023’s Serpentine pavilion |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/nov/23/lina-ghotmeh-design-2023-serpentine-pavilion-london |access-date=2024-01-04 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{cite news|url=https://heni.com/talks/lina-ghotmeh-a-table|title=Lina Ghotmeh Reveals Her Inspiration Behind The 2023 Serpentine Pavilion|work=HENI Talks}}

That same year Ghotmeh also delivered with her practice the Hermès leather workshop in Normandy, France, which revives the region’s traditional construction material of brick.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-02 |title=Architecture – Hermès : une manufacture galopante |url=https://www.lepoint.fr/immobilier/architecture-hermes-une-manufacture-galopante-02-09-2023-2533683_31.php |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=Le Point |language=fr}}{{Cite web |date=2023-05-16 |title=Lina Ghotmeh wraps Hermès leather workshop in "galloping arches" |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2023/05/16/lina-ghotmeh-hermes-workshop-louviers-france/ |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=Dezeen |language=en}} “Not only is brick a local material, it’s made by hand and is dimensioned for manual use, so its presence in the architecture reflects the trace of the hand in Hermès’s craft manufacture,” Ghotmeh told Architectural Record.{{Cite web |title=In Normandy, Lina Ghotmeh Fashions a Brick-Clad Workshop for Hermès {{!}} Architectural Record |url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16203-in-normandy-lina-ghotmeh-fashions-a-brick-clad-workshop-for-hermes |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=www.architecturalrecord.com |language=en}} The project is the first low-carbon, energy-positive manufacturing building in France.{{Cite web |title=In Normandy, Lina Ghotmeh Fashions a Brick-Clad Workshop for Hermès {{!}} Architectural Record |url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16203-in-normandy-lina-ghotmeh-fashions-a-brick-clad-workshop-for-hermes |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=www.architecturalrecord.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=New Hermès laboratory designed by Lina Ghotmeh |url=https://www.domusweb.it/en/news/gallery/2023/06/14/the-new-herms-laboratory-designed-by-lina-ghotmeh.preview.html |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=www.domusweb.it |language=en-gb}}

Ghotmeh frequently designs with bio-sourced, geo-sourced natural materials including stone, sand and timber. She has a considerate approach that focuses on ecology, renewal and longevity regarding the built environment. Her firm is leading a timber tower in Paris, Réalimenter Masséna, which is a winner of the call for innovative projects initiated by Mayor Anne Hidalgo.{{Cite news |last=Willsher |first=Kim |date=2016-02-03 |title=Reinventing Paris: 10 winning urban designs to transform the city |url=http://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2016/feb/03/reinventing-paris-10-winning-urban-designs-transform-city |access-date=2024-01-04 |work=the Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} Ghotmeh is also constructing low-carbon housing for the athletes' village for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.{{Cite web |title=ESS 2024 {{!}} #SOLIDEO – Coup d’envoi des travaux des ouvrages olympiques |url=https://ess2024.org/2021/02/11/solideo-coup-denvoi-des-travaux-des-ouvrages-olympiques/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |language=fr-FR}}

The future contemporary Art Museum in Saudi Arabia (AlUla) is also being designed by Ghotmeh in the ancient Arabic oasis city Al-'Ula in the North West of Saudi Arabia.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-06 |title=Lebanese architect Lina Ghotmeh: ‘AlUla is very inspiring for me’ |url=https://arab.news/8y4es |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=Arab News |language=en}} Based on a series of pavilions nestled within the lush surrounds, the design came to life after the architect conducted workshops to better understand the people and their customs, particularly their connection to the land and the site.

= Teaching =

Ghotmeh has lectured at the world’s leading universities and is an appointed professor member of the International Academy of Architecture (IAA).{{Cite web |title=Lina Ghotmeh |url=https://iaa-ngo.com/portfolio-posts/lina-ghotmeh/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=International Academy of Architecture {{!}} IAA-NGO |language=en-US}} She holds the Kenzo Tange Design Critic 2024 teaching position at Harvard.{{Cite web |title=Lina Ghotmeh |url=https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/person/lina-ghotmeh/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=Harvard Graduate School of Design |language=en-US}} In 2021 Ghotmeh was Louis I. Kahn Visiting Professor of Architectural Design at the Yale School of Architecture and Gehry Chair 2021–22 at the University of Toronto, Canada.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-06-08 |title=Lina Ghotmeh to judge AR House 2023 |url=https://www.architectural-review.com/awards/ar-house/lina-ghotmeh-to-judge-ar-house-2023utm_sourcearutm_mediumwebsiteutm_campaignar_awards_stories |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=Architectural Review |language=en}}

She has publicly presented her research and work at several notable universities as well, namely at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) both in fall 2023.{{Cite web |title=Lina Ghotmeh {{!}} Architecture |url=https://architecture.mit.edu/events/lina-ghotmeh |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=architecture.mit.edu}}{{Cite web |title=Lina Ghotmeh, "Living in Symbiosis – an Archeology of the Future" |url=https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/event/lina-ghotmeh-living-in-symbiosis-an-archeology-of-the-future/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=Harvard Graduate School of Design |language=en-US}} Also that year, Ghotmeh presented at London’s Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA), Sensitive Spaces, showcasing her practice’s use of historical research for architecture that is connected to its past and forward-thinking in its sustainability.{{Cite web |title=AA School |url=https://www.aaschool.ac.uk/publicprogramme/whatson/sensitive-spaces |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=www.aaschool.ac.uk}}

Ghotmeh co-presides the European Union initiative RST ARCHES for advancing scientific and architectural innovation and research in extreme climates.{{Cite web |title=ARCHES |url=http://www.arches.urbicoop.eu/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=www.arches.urbicoop.eu}} The foundation is administered by the National School of Architecture of Strasbourg (ENSAS) and its joint laboratory with the National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA) of Strasbourg.{{Cite web |last=DUFRASNES |first=Emmanuel |title=RST ARCHIVES V11 |url=https://www.arches.urbicoop.org/ensa-strasbourg.html |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=RST ARCHIVES V11 |language=fr}}

She has also been a jury member for competitions, for example, the AR House 2023 Architecture Review Award{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-06-08 |title=Lina Ghotmeh to judge AR House 2023 |url=https://www.architectural-review.com/awards/ar-house/lina-ghotmeh-to-judge-ar-house-2023utm_sourcearutm_mediumwebsiteutm_campaignar_awards_stories |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=Architectural Review |language=en}} the Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2022,{{Cite web |title=2020-2022 Cycle: Master Jury |url=https://the.akdn/en/how-we-work/our-agencies/aga-khan-trust-culture/aga-khan-award-for-architecture/2020-2022-cycle/2020-2022-cycle-master-jury |access-date=2024-01-04}} and the Holcim Foundation Awards 2025 competition for sustainable design, as Chair of the regional jury for Middle East & Africa.{{cite web |title=Holcim Foundation Awards 2025 |url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/competitions/holcim-foundation-awards-2025 |website=Architects' Journal |access-date=14 October 2024}}

Projects

= 2025 =

  • Western Range, British Museum, London, United Kingdom{{cite web |last1=Moore |first1=Rowan |title=‘There’s a poetry to her work’: why Lina Ghotmeh is the right person to remake one-third of the British Museum |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/mar/02/theres-a-poetry-to-her-work-why-lina-ghotmeh-is-the-right-person-to-remake-one-third-of-the-british-museum |website=The Guardian |access-date=17 March 2025 |date=2 March 2025}}

= 2023 =

  • AlUla Contemporary Arts Museum, AlUla, Saudi Arabia (ongoing)https://www.arabnews.com/node/2333281/lifestyle
  • Hermès workshops in Normandy, France{{Cite web |date=2023-04-07 |title=Des sacs et des selles pour la nouvelle maroquinerie Hermès à Louviers - France Bleu |url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/economie-social/des-sacs-et-des-selles-pour-la-nouvelle-maroquinerie-hermes-a-louviers-2573236 |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=ici, par France Bleu et France 3 |language=fr}}
  • Serpentine Pavilion,{{Cite journal |date=2023 |title=Serpentine unveils Lina Ghotmeh's 2023 Pavilion design |journal=Architectural Record |volume=211 |issue=1 |pages=21–22}}{{Cite news |last=Wainwright |first=Oliver |date=2022-11-23 |title='It's a bit Mary Poppins': Lina Ghotmeh to design 2023's Serpentine pavilion |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/nov/23/lina-ghotmeh-design-2023-serpentine-pavilion-london |access-date=2023-11-19 |issn=0261-3077}} London, United Kingdom

= 2022 =

  • PHI Contemporain museum, Québec, Canadahttps://phi.ca/fr/phi-contemporain/lina-ghotmeh/ (conceptual project)

= 2021 =

  • Stone Garden, Resilient Living: An Archeology of the Future, 17th Biennale Architettura, Venice, Italyhttps://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/2021/new-households/lina-ghotmeh-%E2%80%94-architecture
  • Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere, Finlandhttps://arquitecturaviva.com/works/museo-de-arte-sara-hilden-en-tampere (conceptual project)
  • Shenzhen Antuo Hill Museums, Shenzhen, Chinahttps://arquitecturaviva.com/works/museo-antuo-hills-en-shenzhen (conceptual project)

= 2020 =

  • Stone Garden housing and center for Middle Eastern studies, Beirut, Lebanon{{Cite web |date=2021-11-22 |title=Stone Garden by Lina Ghotmeh named architecture project of the year at Dezeen Awards 2021 |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2021/11/22/stone-garden-lina-ghotmeh-architecture-project-year-dezeen-awards-2021/ |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=Dezeen |language=en}}

= 2019 =

  • “Wonderlab” Exhibition, Beijing, Chinahttps://www.yinjispace.com/article/Lina-Ghotmeh-Wonder-Lab.html
  • "Low Carbon Room", Hotel Metropole, Paris, Francehttps://www.designboom.com/architecture/lina-ghotmeh-architecture-zero-carbon-hotel-room-concept-modular-design-10-29-2020/
  • The Okura Tokyo hotel – Installation, Tokyo, Japanhttps://www.businesstraveller.com/tried-and-tested/hotel-review-the-okura-tokyo/
  • Montparnasse urban rehabilitation, Paris, France with Rogers Stirk & Partnershttps://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/case-studies/a3036-rehabilitation-of-the-maine-montparnasse-district-by-lina-ghotmeh-green-heart-for-parisians/ (ongoing)

= 2018 =

  • Boutique Patrick Roger, Paris, Francehttps://www.avivremagazine.fr/nouvelle-boutique-patrick-roger-a-paris-par-l-architecte-lina-ghotmeh-a2569
  • “Wonderlab” Exhibition, Tokyo, Japanhttps://www.lfitokyo.org/index.php/menus-cantine/27-actualites/secondaire/1193-visite-de-l-exposition-wonder-lab
  • Museum Archive of Saradar Collection, Mar Chaaya, Lebanonhttps://arquitecturaviva.com/works/coleccion-saradar-en-mar-chaaya(ongoing)
  • Museum of the Dignity Revolution, Kyiv, Ukrainehttps://arquitecturaviva.com/works/museo-de-la-revolucion-de-la-dignidad-en-kiev (conceptual project)
  • "Into the Vines", Winery Hotel, Kefraya, Libyahttps://worldarchitecture.org/architecture-news/epmhz/lina_ghotmeh__architectures_cellular_hotel_to_provide_mesmerizing_view_to_vineyards_of_lebanon.html (ongoing)
  • Wazanova Exhibition, Arita, Japanhttp://www.arita.jp.e.ew.hp.transer.com/wazanowa/
  • "Travel Travel(lers)" 21_21 Design Sight P. Roger Sculptures Exhibition, Tokyo, Japanhttps://www.2121designsight.jp/en/gallery3/travels_traveller/

= 2016 =

  • Réalimenter Masséna, Réinventer Paris, Francehttps://www.amc-archi.com/photos/les-laureats-de-reinventer-paris-3-22-realimenter-massena-xiiie-arr,4437/realimenter-massena-lina-gh.1 (on hold)
  • Les Grands Verres restaurant, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, Francehttps://www.architonic.com/en/project/lina-ghotmeh-architecture-les-grands-verres/5105368
  • Estonian National Museum, Tartu, Estonia with DGThttps://ajakirimaja.ee/en/estonian-national-museum-interview-with-lina-ghotmeh/

= 2015 =

  • A House for Oiso, Oiso, Japan, with DGThttps://www.architonic.com/fr/project/dorell-ghotmeh-tane-architects-a-house-for-oiso/5103081

= 2014 =

  • Hokusai, at Grand Palais, Paris France, with DGThttps://www.grandpalais.fr/fr/article/hokusai-lexposition

Awards and recognitions

= 2023 =

  • Great Arab Minds, Architecture and Design Awardhttps://gulftoday.ae/news/2023/12/22/sheikh-mohammed-names-prof-lina-ghotmeh-winner-of-great-arab-minds-award-in-architecture-and-design
  • French Design 100 Award – Serpentine Pavilionhttps://www.lefrenchdesign.org/le-fd-100-2024
  • OPAL Award – Winner, Architectural Design, Historicalhttps://outstandingpropertyaward.com/winners/opal/2023/5173/
  • Shortlisted Architect of the Year by Dezeen{{Cite web |title=Lina Ghotmeh – Architecture {{!}} Shortlists {{!}} Dezeen Awards 2023 |url=https://www.dezeen.com/awards/2023/shortlists/lina-ghotmeh-architecture/ |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=Dezeen |language=en}}
  • Nominated Equerre d’Argent – Lieux d’activitéhttps://www.lemoniteur.fr/photo/equerre-d-argent-2023-les-cinq-nommes-dans-la-categorie-lieux-d-activites.2314533/equerre-d-argent-2023-les-nommes-dans-la-categorie-lieux-d-activites.1
  • AD 100 Italiahttps://www.ad-italia.it/ad100/
  • AD 100 Middle Easthttps://www.admiddleeast.com/story/ad100-2024-best-women-architects-middle-east-africa
  • AD100 UShttps://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/meet-the-architects-on-the-ad100-2024-list
  • Nominated Equerre d’Argent (Silver Square) – Places of activityhttps://www.lemoniteur.fr/photo/equerre-d-argent-2023-les-cinq-nommes-dans-la-categorie-lieux-d-activites.2314533/equerre-d-argent-2023-les-nommes-dans-la-categorie-lieux-d-activites.1

= 2022 =

  • French Design 100 Awardhttps://www.lefrenchdesign.org/le-fd-100-edition-2022

= 2021 =

  • IAA Academy Professorhttps://iaa-ngo.com/portfolio-posts/lina-ghotmeh/
  • RST Arches Scientific Networkhttps://arches.urbicoop.org/
  • Dezeen Award Best Architecture Project of the Year, Stone Garden{{Cite web |date=2021-11-22 |title=Stone Garden by Lina Ghotmeh named architecture project of the year at Dezeen Awards 2021 |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2021/11/22/stone-garden-lina-ghotmeh-architecture-project-year-dezeen-awards-2021/ |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=Dezeen |language=en}}

= 2020 =

  • Schelling Architecture Prize{{Cite web |date=2020 |title=Lina Ghotmeh - Schelling-Architekturstiftung |url=https://www.schelling-architekturpreis.org/en/awardee/lina-ghotmeh-2/ |access-date=2023-11-19 |language=en-GB}}
  • Tamayouz, Woman of Outstanding Achievement Award{{Cite web |title=Women in architecture and construction award |url=https://tamayouz-award.com/women-in-architecture-and-construction-award/ |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=Tamayouz Excellence Award |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=tamayouz-award |date=2021-01-08 |title=TAMAYOUZ ANNOUNCES THE WINNERS OF THE WOMEN IN ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION AWARD 2020 |url=https://tamayouz-award.com/tamayouz-announces-the-winners-of-the-women-in-architecture-and-construction-award-2020/ |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=Tamayouz Excellence Award |language=en-US}}

= 2019 =

  • French Fine Arts Academy Pierre Cardin Award{{Cite web |title=Prix Pierre Cardin 2019 {{!}} Academie des beaux-arts |url=https://www.academiedesbeauxarts.fr/prix-pierre-cardin-2019-1 |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=Prix Pierre Cardin 2019 {{!}} Academie des beaux-arts |language=fr}}
  • World Architecture News Awardshttps://www.wanawards.com/archive2019
  • Nominated for the Moira Gemmill Women in Architecture Awards 2019https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/international-names-shortlisted-for-moira-gemmill-prize-for-emerging-architecture?blocktitle=moira-gemmill-prize&contentid=18118

= 2018 =

  • Dezeen Awards 2018 shortlistedhttps://www.dezeen.com/awards/2018/shortlists/lina-ghotmeh/
  • French Design 100 Awardhttps://www.lefrenchdesign.org/le-fd100/
  • 2A Magazine Awards 2018https://www.linaghotmeh.com/en/laurats-aux-2a-awards-2018.html#:~:text=We%20are%20proud%20to%20announce,Yoko%20Okuyama%20and%20Carme%20Pin%C3%B3s.
  • European Museum of the Year 2018https://www.europeanforum.museum/en/news/emya-twenty-eighteen/
  • 40/40 European Architecture and Design Awardhttps://www.europeanarch.eu/40under40/2017/winners.html

= 2017 =

  • Le Fooding Guide Awards 2018https://lefooding.com/la-bonne-nouvelle
  • Estonian Architecture Awards 2017https://www.linaghotmeh.com/en/copie-de-wonderlab-selectionne-comme-la-meilleure-exposition-de-tokyo!.html

= 2016 =

  • French Academy of Architecture, Silver Medal Dejean Prizehttps://academie-architecture.fr/archive/livret-eloges-2016/
  • AFEX Grand Prize, Estonian National Museumhttps://www.afex.fr/grand-prix/2016/3/25/grand-prix-afex-2016
  • Nominated for Mies van der Rohe Award, Estonian National Museum

= 2008 =

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