About the Author

Youssef Tohme, architect, joined the firm of Jean Nouvel in 2001, where in 2006 he oversaw the Louvre-Abu Dhabi project. He went on to found his own office in Beirut and build St. Joseph University and his first villas, presented in this book. Karine Dana, an architect by training, today works as an architecture critic and independent journalist. She designed the scenario and the content for the Agora Bordeaux 2014 Biennale and directed the film, Architectural Dreams, on the architecture of Youssef Tohme. The Lebanese artist Ziad Antar has participated in many international exhibitions since 2008 - at the Tate Modern, the Beirut Art Center and elsewhere. In 2010, he was awarded the Future Generation Art Prize.