East Architecture Studio

Thrilled to be included in this year’s AD100 Middle East honourees list, a celebration of the designers, architects and creative voices shaping the future of our region.
Grateful to be recognised among such inspiring talents who continue to reinterpret heritage, push materiality, and imagine new possibilities for our built environment.
With appreciation to the team for this distinction and to everyone who continues to support our vision.
Photographers in order of appearance .photographs
Photos 1, 3, 5 and 7 are the courtesy of the Diriyah Biennale Foundation

‘Rethinking Pavilions as Potential Museums’ explores the evolving role of pavilions in architecture and museum design, as part of the Fondation Cartier Conversations at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia
In this podcast by Chris Dercon, director of the Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain moderates a conversation between architects Nicolas Fayad and Lina Ghotmeh
They touch upon both historical pavilions - such as the Belgian Pavilion in Venice (the first foreign pavilion to be constructed at the Giardini della Biennale back in 1907) - and contemporary projects like the Serpentine Pavilion designed by Lina Ghotmeh Architecture the forthcoming inaugural permanent pavilion for Qatar in the Giardini as well as the winning pavilion of the Diriyah Biennale Foundation’s inaugural AlMusalla Prize and the Niemeyer Guest House renovation, recipient of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture both designed by Nicolas Fayad’s practice EAST Architecture Studio.
Speakers discussed the potential of pavilions to serve as adaptive, functional spaces that foster community and cultural exchange, emphasizing the importance of craft, modularity, and co-authorship in their design.
Thank you Beatrice Grenier .grenier for orchestrating this unique collateral event in Venice.
Listen to the full episode on koozarch.com, fondationcartier.com, and KoozArch’s Spotify and Apple Podcasts channels.
Photos by Marco Cappelletti / Marco Cappelletti Studio