Nov 23 2022

Appointed. Architect of 22nd Serpentine Pavilion !

Lina Ghotmeh — Architecture is very honored to be appointed architect of the 2023 Serpentine pavilion in London. This pioneering and prestigious commission, which began in 2000 with Dame Zaha Hadid, has presented the first completed UK structures by some of the biggest names and emerging talents in international architecture.

Inspired by nature, echoing the grounds, the canopies of the trees of its surrounding, this pavillion will have the idea of unity and community as a center stage to its design.

Photo © Lina Ghotmeh — Architecture

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Oct 26 2022

Award. Schelling Award Ceremony

Lina Ghotmeh has officially received the Schelling Architecture Prize during the 30th anniversary celebration of the Foundation and 2022 Jury award ceremony at the Zentrum für Kunst und Medien ZKM, Karlsruhe. Germany. Félicitation à Itohan Osayimwese pour son Prix Théorie.

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Sep 20 2022

Exhibition. Hermès Project in Kyoto

The exhibition of our project for the Hermès Manufacture continues its course to Kyoto City’s Kyocera Museum of Art, in Japan, as part of the exhibition “Hermès in the Making”. Within this exhibition you can discover this beautiful reportage by Hermès portraying the process of this project and design in our atelier.

22 Nov — 27 Nov 2022

Photo © Hermès / Pierre-Nicolas Durand

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Jul 30 2022

Competition. Winery in Anjou

Our design for the winery in Anjou is revealed. Designed from regional stone and local resources, this winery emerges in symbiosis with its site. Drawn with a circular plan, it invites visitors into an immersive experience at the heart of the geological grounds of this land.

Photo © Lina Ghotmeh — Architecture

Jun 22 2022

Construction. "Actes Précis " Normandy

The construction is almost complete of the first passive and low carbon manufacture building in France. Conceived for Hermès workshops, we are constructing this project with artisanal bricks from local earth. This architecture advocates for the use of local material in order to reduce the building’s carbon footprints and to revive brick masonry craftsmanship & know-hows.

Photo © Takuji Shimmura

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Jun 21 2022

Awarded. Nice Arena

Lina Ghotmeh — Architecture winner of a new competition at the Grand Arenas in Nice. We designed this project through a study of Mediterranean architecture and in the objective to promote a new art of living "à la niçoise". With a mixed use program of nearly 18,500 m², the project, imbued with the landscape of its territory and the surrounding hills, will itself become a building-landscape taking up the verticality of the natural ecosystem from the vegetated soil to the active and living roofs.

Photo and model © Lina Ghotmeh — Architecture

Jun 10 2022

Exhibition. "Designing Peace" at Cooper Hewitt. Smithsonian

After Venice and Rome, "Stone Garden. An Archeology of the Future" model continues its journey to participate in our first group exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt, in New York City. The exhibition features design projects from around the world that examine ways to create and develop more sustainable & peaceful interactions. From creative confrontations that challenge existing structures to designs that require embracing justice and truth in a quest for reconciliation and activism.
From June 10, 2022 to September 4, 2023.
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Photo © Lina Ghotmeh — Architecture

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May 19 2022

Exhibition. "Hermès in the Making" Turino & Michigan

Our model of the Hermès workshops in Louviers is part of the touring exhibition of "Hermès in the Making". You can discover our work currently in Turino, Italy & in Michigan, USA. "Hermès in the Making" offers a journey through craftwork's demonstrations, films, workshops and animations. A visit to be composed according to the visitor's desires, curiosity and interests.

Photo © Benoit Fougeirol. Model Lina Ghotmeh — Architecture & Atelier Misto

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Apr 04 2022

Academics. Hermès Skills Academy.

Lina Ghotmeh will be directing the sixth edition of the Skills Academy of the Fondation d'entreprise Hermès. This edition is inviting craftspeople, architects, designers and engineers to enrich their knowledge of stone. Throughout 2023, a series of conferences, workshops and masterclasses will allow the chosen participants to deepen their expertise and come up with new innovations related to this material.

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Mar 23 2022

Lecture. Pavillon de l’Arsenal — Paris, France

Conference by Lina Ghotmeh at the “Pavillon de l'Arsenal” to within the cycle, “One Building, One Architect”. A journey through the development of Stone Garden project in Beirut and the process of the atelier’s work at various scales.

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Mar 02 2022

Award. Schelling Architecture Prize 2020.

Honored to announce that Lina Ghotmeh has just been granted the Schelling Architecture Prize 2020. Awarded every two years, the Prize recognizes future-oriented developments in architecture. It has previously been awarded to Diébédo Francis Kéré in 2014, Anne Lacaton & Jean-Philippe Vassal in 2006, Kazuyo Sejima in 2000, and Zaha Hadid in 1994. Warmest congratulations to nominees Ted'A Arquitectes and Xu Tian-Tian from DnA 建筑. Click on “More infos” to view the Foundation’s official annoucement.

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Feb 03 2022

Lecture. Oslo Architects' Association.

Lina Ghotmeh gives an in-person lecture at the Oslo Architects' Association (OAF). Special thanks to the OAF for hosting this event, and to the French Institute of Norway. Click on "More infos" to see the Association's official annoucement, and a video of the lecture.

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