Aline Asmar d'Amman
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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.
Aline Asmar d'Amman | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 8, 1975 |
| Education | Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts |
| Occupations | architect and interior designer |
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] She's also responsible for the interior design of the future luxury train Dream of the Desert, which is scheduled to run in Saudi Arabia from 2026. [9]
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]
