Aline Asmar d'Amman

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Aline Asmar d'Amman
BornFebruary 8, 1975
Nationality Lebanonese
Education Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts
Occupation(s)architect and interior designer

Aline Asmar d'Amman (born February 8, 1975) is a Lebanon-born architect active in Paris and Beirut. Her projects include the restaurant in the Eiffel Tower.

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Life

d'Amman was born in 1975 in Beirut suburb of Hazmiyeh in a country at war. [1] Some of her family moved abroad during hostilities but her parents remained in Lebanon where her father was involved in the aluminium industry. [1]

She was a top graduate at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts. [1] In 1999 she began five years of working for the French architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte. She was part of Wilmotte's team trying to combine modern architecture with heritage designs and she worked on the restoration of the Sursock Museum in her home city. [2]

She established her own architecture company in both Beirut and Paris in 2011 with less than a dozen employees with a bias towards women employees. [2] In March 2013, the luxurious Hôtel de Crillon closed for a series of renovations led by d'Amman. This project was designed to renovate and modernize the space. The renovation combined the hotel's protected landmark features, such as the 19th-century grand staircase and saloons, with modern styles and amenities. Tristan Auer, Chahan Minassian, Cyril Vergniol and Karl Lagerfeld worked alongside d'Amman on this €200 million project. [3] [4] Karl Lagerfeld designed Les Grands Apartements, the most extravagant suites on the property. [5] The 2013 renovations lasted until July 2017. [5] [2]

The Michelin-starred restaurant La Jules Verne enjoys a location on the second level of the Eiffel Tower. They employed her to create a new interior where she worked with their chef Frédéric Anton. [6] She had won the work based on her small team and its ultra feminine approach. [2]

d'Amman was one of the small number of contemporary women creators chosen to be included in The New Parisienne book by Lindsey Tramuta in 2020. [7] In 2022 she designed the Lebanese Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. [8]

Private life

d'Amman wears and collects garments made by Chanel as she admires their approach to design. [8] Her husband and two children live in Switzerland.[ citation needed ]

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