Lina Ghotmeh

Lina Ghotmeh is a Lebanese-born, Paris-based architect and founder of Lina Ghotmeh — Architecture, renowned for sustainable, award-winning, and ecologically sensitive designs. Raised in Beirut, her work explores rebirth, natural materials, and traditional craftsmanship, blending history with forward-thinking architecture. Central to her practice is the “Archaeology of the Future,” connecting architecture, history, nature, and materials.

Notable projects include Stone Garden in Beirut (Dezeen Project of the Year 2021), the 22nd Serpentine Pavilion (2023), Ateliers Hermès, Estonian National Museum, the Bahrain Pavilion for Expo 2025 (ArchDaily Building of the Year 2026), the upcoming redesign of the Western Range galleries at the British Museum, Qatar’s permanent pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia, and the AlUla Contemporary Art Museum.

Lina Ghotmeh has taught at Yale, the University of Toronto, and Harvard GSD, and has received the Great Arab Minds Award, Schelling Architecture Award, TIME100 Next, Architect of the Year by Iconic and Wallpaper, and was appointed Honorary Fellow AIA and Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.