George Arbid
Following a Diplôme d’Etudes Supérieures en Architecture from the Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts (ALBA), Arbid was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at MIT History, Theory and Criticism Program and obtained a Doctor of Design degree from Harvard University. He has held teaching positions at ALBA, AUB, and the Lebanese University in Lebanon. His research covers mostly modern architecture in Lebanon and the Arab world.
Arbid’s writings include Architecture from the Arab world (1914-2014) a Selection, published at the occasion of the Venice Biennale of Architecture in 2014 where he co-curated the Pavilion of Bahrain. He recently co-edited with P. Oswalt Designing Modernity: Architecture in the Arab World 1945-1973 (صوغ الحداثة: العمارة في العالم العربي ١٩٤٥-١٩٧٣) published in 2022 in English and Arabic (Jovis and Riwaq).
He is a co-founder and director of the Arab Center for Architecture located in Beirut, and of Docomomo Lebanon. Arbid is currently finishing a report for the Ministry of Culture in Lebanon commissioned by the World Monument Fund: A Roadmap for an Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Besides being a practicing architect, he has served on several competitions and award juries, including the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award 2019.
Arbid’s writings include Architecture from the Arab world (1914-2014) a Selection, published at the occasion of the Venice Biennale of Architecture in 2014 where he co-curated the Pavilion of Bahrain. He recently co-edited with P. Oswalt Designing Modernity: Architecture in the Arab World 1945-1973 (صوغ الحداثة: العمارة في العالم العربي ١٩٤٥-١٩٧٣) published in 2022 in English and Arabic (Jovis and Riwaq).
He is a co-founder and director of the Arab Center for Architecture located in Beirut, and of Docomomo Lebanon. Arbid is currently finishing a report for the Ministry of Culture in Lebanon commissioned by the World Monument Fund: A Roadmap for an Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Besides being a practicing architect, he has served on several competitions and award juries, including the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award 2019.