Aline Asmar d'Amman

Aline Asmar d'Amman
BornFebruary 8, 1975
Hazmiyeh
NationalityLebanonese
EducationLebanese 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.

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c "La « poésie concrète » de l'architecte et designer libanaise Aline Asmar d'Amman". Le Nouvel Obs (in French). 2023-06-22. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
  2. ^ a b c d "Aline Asmar d'Amman : du Crillon à la tour Eiffel, une architecte au sommet - Lucien Chardon". Commerce du Levant (in French). 2018-11-30. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
  3. ^ "The Stunning Renovation of Paris's Hotel de Crillon | Architectural Digest". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 2018-11-22.
  4. ^ "Paris' historic Hôtel de Crillon reopens today after a €200 million facelift – look inside the former palace that counts Churchill and Madonna among its guests". Business Insider. Retrieved 2018-11-22.
  5. ^ a b Vora, Shivani (30 June 2017). "In Paris, a Hotel With a History Gets a Stylish Makeover". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-11-22.
  6. ^ "Architecture d'intérieur - Aline Asmar d'Amman, à nous deux Paris !". Le Point (in French). 2019-05-12. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
  7. ^ "The New Parisienne". OverDrive. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
  8. ^ a b "The Collectors: Wes Gordon - Galerie". 2024-10-11. Retrieved 2024-11-24.