BeMA Beirut Museum of Art Building, Hala Wardé Lebanon, Architecture Images, Design Contest
BeMA: New Beirut Museum of Art Building
APEAL Lebanese Architecture Competition Рdesign by Hala Ward̩ Architect / HW Architecture
14 Oct 2016
BeMA – New Beirut Museum of Art Building
Design: architect Hala Wardé, HW Architecture
New Beirut Museum of Art Building
The winning Beirut Museum of Art design features a 124m high tower:

An international jury was led by Peter Palumbo, the chair of the Pritzker Prize. It featured Richard Rogers, Rem Koolhaas and former Serpentine Gallery directors Julia Peyton-Jones and Hans Ulrich Obrist has chosen Paris-based Lebanese architect Hala Wardé to design a new modern art museum in Beirut, reports Building Design. The late Zaha Hadid, who died at the end of March 2016, was also a member of the competition jury.

The jury met at the end of September to make its final choice from a shortlist of 13 architecture practices.
Beirut-born Hala Wardé’s architects studio, HW Architecture, was founded in 2008 and she has been working on Louvre Abu Dhabi project by French architect Jean Nouvel since 2006.

Called the Beirut Museum of Art, the new building will feature a 124m high tower which will be divided into a dozen 12-metre cubes. The lower three will act as circulation spaces for the main galleries while the rest will house a library, temporary exhibition spaces, artists in residence and classes.
The museum, which will be built o...