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Annabelle Kareem Kassar a distinctive architect and interior designer
1-6-2017
In its issue of May 23, L’Orient Le Jour shed light on the distinctive career life of the French-born Lebanese architect and interior designer Annabelle Kareem Kassar owner of AKK Architects Ltd with offices in Beirut, London and Dubai. Kassar, to recall, was declared winner in a competition by the renowned French architecture firm, Valode et Pistre, to reconstruct Beirut old souks. She studied engineering at the Ecole Nationale Superiere des Beaux Arts de Paris and opened in 1982 her first architecture and interior design atelier in the French capital. Later, she decided to return to her homeland, Lebanon, where she created some of Beirut’s hottest venues characterized by their contemporary arabesque designs. Kassar disclosed to L’Orient Le Jour reporter her participation a year ago in the London Design Biennale 2016 held at the historic Somerset House, where she received the first design award for transferring a Beirut street design to London. She also mentioned her participation in the Beirut Design Week (between May 23 to 26, 2017) and expounded about the project she is currently working on which involves the restoration of a landmark 750 square meter house in Goro Street, Gemayzeh neighborhood of Beirut. (L’Orient Le Jour, May 23, 2017)
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