“Lina Ghotmeh has lived an itinerant life between East and West, going from the Beirut of her birth and education to the Paris where she set up a practice characterized by an inevitable international profile but also a sensitivity to contexts and materials. Arquitectura Viva takes stock of this through four examples: the Estonian National Museum in Tartu, the Stone Garden residential tower in Beirut, the Hermés workshops in Louviers, and the Serpentine Gallery’s 2023 pavilion in London.

“Lina Ghotmeh has lived an itinerant life between East and West, going from the Beirut of her birth and education to the Paris where she set up a practice characterized by an inevitable international profile but also a sensitivity to contexts and materials. Arquitectura Viva takes stock of this through four examples: the Estonian National Museum in Tartu, the Stone Garden residential tower in Beirut, the Hermés workshops in Louviers, and the Serpentine Gallery’s 2023 pavilion in London.