News Archive
2024
- Animation Day (27/06/2024)
- LAU Honors Pioneering Artist Saloua Raouda Choucair (27/06/2024)
- OMT’s New Uniforms Designed by LAU Fashion Students (14/06/2024)
- The Vick Vanlian Awards Recognize Outstanding LAU Designers (12/06/2024)
- Graphic Design Students visit WonderEight (06/06/2024)
- SArD Faculty Research Day (21/05/2024)
- Interface:07 Exhibition (13/02/2024)
- The B. Arch. Program receives an 8-year NAAB Continuing Accreditation (10/01/2024)
2023
- Graphic Design students awarded the International Society of Typographic Designers (ISTD) membership. (07/11/2023)
- International Studio 2023 Exhibition - Earth Habitats, Tidal Pools, & Floating Homes (01/11/2023)
- From Colombia with Love: Weaving Stories for Peace (02/10/2023)
- The Sixth Edition of the Fashion Design graduating class of 2023 unfolds its collections at the Rooftop of the Gezairi building under the theme: REAL TIME. (12/09/2023)
- Celebrating Niemeyer’s Tripoli World Fair (18/07/2023)
- interface: senior six - Exhibition (30/05/2023)
- interface: five - Exhibition (30/05/2023)
- Graphic Design Students Create for a Cause (16/03/2023)
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Poster Exhibition (15/03/2023)
- Part-time faculty and SArD Alumna Joumana Ibrahim wins Creative Quarterly’s Best of Show (06/03/2023)
- “State of Things” Fine Arts Faculty exhibition (15/02/2023)
- Vana Rezian Earns Membership in International Society (26/01/2023)
2022
- The Fifth edition of the Fashion Design graduating class 2022 takes place in the new Gezairi building under the title: IGNITE. (30/11/2022)
- Design Culture Day — Fall 2022 (29/10/2022)
- Turning Adversity into Opportunity: LAU Inaugurates the New Gezairi Building (18/10/2022)
- Art & Architecture exhibition at Abroyan Factory features the work of LAU architecture students (03/10/2022)
- Re-Design of Beirut Port, and its relation to the city (14/09/2022)
- Architecture and Design Alumnus Exhibits at Salone Del Mobile (14/09/2022)
- A Cadre of New Faculty at the School of Architecture and Design 2022-23 (12/09/2022)
2021
- Fashion Design Projects: Promising Dreams by LAU graduates under the patronage of Elie Saab (11/09/2021)
- Graphic Design Student Posters Exhibited Internationally (13/07/2021)
- Rise: Showcasing the Work of Fashion Design Graduates (02/07/2021)
- Architecture Graduates Exhibit their Work in Venice (24/05/2021)
- Overcoming Trauma Through Play (06/05/2021)
- LAU Tops Dubai Lynx, Again (26/04/2021)
- Elie Saab Oversees Promotion 2021 Jury (23/04/2021)
- Real Virtuality and Immersive Storytelling (15/04/2021)
- Atlas of Human Impact (Vol I) — Archiving Visual Traces of the Anthropocene (11/03/2021)
- On Fighting Back and Finding Truth (24/02/2021)
- Artists Rise for the LAU Emergency Financial Aid Fund (19/02/2021)
- 100 congrats to our faculty Nisrine Sarkis and student Rita Azar (24/01/2021)
2020
- “Dreaming is a luxury these days”, published article by Dr. Hanibal Srouji (21/12/2020)
- Solid Partnership with ELIE SAAB (17/12/2020)
- Book Review: Reading Marie al-Khazen’s Photographs by Dr. Yasmine Nachabe Taan (11/12/2020)
- Graphic Design Students’ Projects Featured in Creative Quarterly (07/12/2020)
- Presenting Alter, a Graphic Design Student Exhibit (07/12/2020)
- Architecture Graduate Maria Tarchichy Selected to Participate in the Archiprix International Competition (27/11/2020)
- Physically Distant - Socially Connected (04/11/2020)
- Ceramics Instructor Earns Silver Plaque (28/10/2020)
- Men in Skirts: A backstage ticket for the Elie Saab fashion show (22/10/2020)
- Work by our graphic designers lands in Taiwan (11/09/2020)
- LAU Earns NASAD Accreditation (03/09/2020)
- 2020 Online Exhibition for the Department of Architecture and Interior Design (09/08/2020)
- Alumnus in the Run for Prestigious Award (24/07/2020)
- Win for SArD Faculty’s Proposal (17/07/2020)
- Q&A with Alumnus Tarek Ibrahim (09/06/2020)
- LAU Crowned University of the Year at Dubai Lynx (27/05/2020)
- SArD Earns NAAB Accreditation for its Bachelor of Architecture (19/05/2020)
- Alumnus Naji Al Hakim Wins Gold (19/05/2020)
- Alumna Profile: Maria Tarchichy (15/05/2020)
- “This is Love” (16/04/2020)
- Graphic Design students exhibits at Typoday 2020 poster competition (26/02/2020)
- Alumna Tanya Skaff’s dress makes it to the Mercedes Benz Oscar Party (11/02/2020)
- Japanese Praemium Imperiale Award for Alumna Mona Hatoum (B.S. G.D. ‘72) (05/02/2020)
- Jouman Ibrahim joins forces with BeirutMakers for the social good (04/02/2020)
- Srouji’s Work in London Art fair (27/01/2020)
- Alumna Exhibits at Art Basel (16/01/2020)
2019
- Fine arts faculty part of an open dialogue about the country through their unique art (15/12/2019)
- Forbes Honor for LAU Alumna (12/12/2019)
- AIA Award for LAU Architect (06/12/2019)
- Samar Mogharbel, a new member at the IAC (01/11/2019)
- Alumna Vanessa Jammal designs Roy Lichtenstein: The Impossible Collection (15/10/2019)
- Night Sessions (10/10/2019)
- Interior Design students participate in the third edition of Beirut Design Fair (25/09/2019)
- 9 Mornings & 13 Good Nights (05/09/2019)
- Graphic Design Students’ First International Traveling Studio (23/08/2019)
- Urban Revitalization of Karm el Zeitoun (14/08/2019)
- Alumna Profile: Anahid Simitian (29/07/2019)
- Alumna Profile: Architect Cindrella W. Semaan (16/07/2019)
- Lobbies and Thresholds (09/07/2019)
- ‘GEN-’ Showcases Senior Graphic Design Students’ Work (02/07/2019)
- Fashion at Play (02/07/2019)
- Art & Design Exhibition Highlights Students Work Across Disciplines (20/06/2019)
- Yasmine Taan curates ‘Traces of Drawings’ at the NABU museum (18/06/2019)
- 45 Shades of the Lebanese Dialect (30/05/2019)
- Faculty Member and Photographer Bassam Lahoud Donates Proceeds from Art Exhibit to LAU (13/05/2019)
- Why Archives Matter (18/04/2019)
- SArD Student Wins Award for Marketing Campaign (29/03/2019)
- Students Explore the Environment, Without Relying on Their Vision (14/03/2019)
- Fine Arts Faculty Biennale 2018: Invention and Diversity (12/03/2019)
- The Second Digital Turn (22/02/2019)
- Kent-LAU workshop breaks boundaries on the Beirut riverside (13/02/2019)
- Iyad Naja Brings Islamic Art-Inspired Works to Your Home (08/02/2019)
- Design and Discussion at End-Of-Term Exhibitions (31/01/2019)
2018
- Scouting Around the World (04/12/2018)
- The Beautiful and the Bizarre (19/11/2018)
- Alumna Ginane Makki Bacho Exhibits at Brooklyn Museum (16/11/2018)
- Learning from the Past (01/11/2018)
- SArD Welcomes New Faculty Members - 2018 (24/08/2018)
- Alumna Receives Canada’s Highest Academic Honor (06/08/2018)
- Siza on Architecture (04/08/2018)
- Carving Out Success (06/07/2018)
- #NewWaveLAU: Fashion at its Boldest (29/06/2018)
- End of Year Fine Arts Exhibition (29/06/2018)
- Venice Biennale 2018 (29/05/2018)
- Journeys: Graphic Design Exhibition Highlights Students’ Innovation (11/05/2018)
- Al-Andalus: Photographs from the Collection of the Legado Andalusi Cultural Foundation (11/05/2018)
- Gentrification in Beirut (15/03/2018)
- Print is Still Powerful (07/03/2018)
- Student Success Profile: Daniella Maamari (17/01/2018)
- Architecture and Photography (08/01/2018)
- Restoring Modern Architecture (08/01/2018)
2017
- Strengthening Community Ties Through Design (09/12/2017)
- Pushing boundaries: art, design and architecture in the Middle East (27/11/2017)
- The School of Architecture and Design Hosts its First Alumni Reunion (24/10/2017)
- Yasmine Nachabe Taan Introduces Pioneering Arab Designers Through Her Books (28/08/2017)
- Fashion Design Graduate Receives Prestigious International Award (18/07/2017)
- The Dynamics of Weaving and Warping Space-Time (21/06/2017)
- Modern Architecture: From Montreal to Beirut (15/06/2017)
- Eclectic Show Reveals Exceptional Work by LAU’s Premier Fashion Graduates (13/06/2017)
- Fine Artworks (12/06/2017)
- Glimpses of Timurid Architecture in Central Asia and India (17/05/2017)
- The Future of Graphic Design (11/05/2017)
- Nature in Design (11/05/2017)
- Artists Hold a Mirror to the Scars of Conflict (10/05/2017)
- LAU Sponsors Ceramics and Paper Kiln Workshop in Bkerzay (25/04/2017)
- Graphic Design Students Win at Prestigious Advertising Festival (04/04/2017)
- Graphic Design Student Exhibition Held in Collaboration with Leo Burnett (07/03/2017)
- The Art of Regeneration (27/01/2017)
2016
- Architecture as a Dialogue of Cultures (02/12/2016)
- Art for a National Cause (01/12/2016)
- LAU Establishes an Umayyad Museum in Byblos (17/11/2016)
- It Could Be Rotterdam or Anywhere (28/10/2016)
- Selling Out? Or Selling Yourself Short (04/10/2016)
- More than Letters (30/09/2016)
- Urban Interiors (29/08/2016)
- Incorporating Lebanese Culture in Fashion at LAU (30/06/2016)
- Local and Global: Faith, fashion, and artisans in the Middle East (28/06/2016)
- Future Interiors (10/06/2016)
- LAU and Mediterranean Partners Present Umayyad Route Packages (20/05/2016)
- In Memoriam (20/05/2016)
- Celebrating Lebanese Art (04/05/2016)
- Creativity and Compromise (28/04/2016)
- What is a Poster? (25/04/2016)
- Roots in Beirut (05/04/2016)
- Ernst May and the New Frankfurt (22/03/2016)
- From Studio to Market to Classroom (09/03/2016)
- EU-funded project plans huge tourist trail from Middle East to Europe to show Umayyad dynasty’s legacy (01/03/2016)
- Questions for Answers (01/03/2016)
- The Copy/Paste Syndrome and the Fetish of Originality (26/02/2016)
- LAU’s Bachelor of Architecture program strides towards NAAB accreditation (08/02/2016)
- Interior architecture students create a buzz at the National Museum (25/01/2016)
2015
- What kind of artist do you want to be? (18/12/2015)
- Destination Europe (08/12/2015)
- The Ethical Architect in Modern Society (02/12/2015)
- The Essence of Letterforms (16/11/2015)
- Architecture for the Benefit of Society (16/11/2015)
- The evolutionary process of art is now complete, says Cesar Nammour (12/11/2015)
- Exhibiting the fruits of Domaine de Boisbuchet (10/11/2015)
- Connecting Cultures with the Umayyad Route (03/11/2015)
- Living in Buenos Aires (08/10/2015)
- Stop Using the “Delete” Button! (03/09/2015)
- Designing the Future (19/08/2015)
- Rolling Out The Red Carpet (31/07/2015)
- When Fashion Talks (31/07/2015)
- Advancing Arab Design Research (31/07/2015)
- Chaouki Chamoun on the artist’s role (03/07/2015)
- In with the Old and Out with the New (09/06/2015)
- Christine Kettaneh on language, Beirute and winning the Arte Laguna Art Prize (08/06/2015)
- Strengthening Tourism Through Knowledge Sharing (30/04/2015)
- Arabic Typography, World Design (08/04/2015)
- Crowddesigning: Exploring Urban Spaces for Collective Action (08/04/2015)
- Senior graphic design students showcase their talent (17/03/2015)
- Graphic Design students win international competitions (17/03/2015)
- A discussion between Grégoire Sérof and Elie Harfouche (04/03/2015)
- Stitching communities together through creative urban plans (27/02/2015)
- Sculpturing the Bones of Old Beirut (26/02/2015)
- DAID Fall Lecture Series Features world renowned Architects (20/02/2015)
- Mu’taz & Rada Sawwaf M.A. in Islamic Art and Architecture (28/01/2015)
2014
- Design in Time and Motion (23/12/2014)
- LAU Celebrates Inauguration of Fashion Degree Studios (22/12/2014)
- Travelling Studios (08/12/2014)
- Fashion students enjoy exclusive tête-à-tête with Elie Saab (27/11/2014)
- Ratish Nanda brings the story of the restoration of the Tomb of Humayun to LAU (23/11/2014)
- The Omrania | CSBE Student Award 2014 (12/11/2014)
- From Boston to Beirut (05/11/2014)
- An Urban Plan for Saida (03/11/2014)
- Why Is Lebanese Design so Indistinct? (03/11/2014)
- MAC International 2014 Exhibition (20/10/2014)
- Passion for Furniture Design (08/10/2014)
- Students Dive Into Athenée Theater Redesign Contest (31/07/2014)
- Foundation Studies Upgraded as School Seeks Accreditation (04/07/2014)
- Student Wins Award for Space-Saving Seat Design (01/07/2014)
- LAU and Leo Burnett Launch “Adopt a Creative” (27/06/2014)
- “Compendium” of Student Work Wins International Recognition (25/06/2014)
- Beirut Design Week 2014 Brings World-Class Pros to LAU (20/06/2014)
- Spotlighting Islamic Art and Architecture (19/06/2014)
- LAU Bids Farewell to two Design Greats (18/06/2014)
- The Many Paths Travelled by LAU’s Graphic Design Grads (13/06/2014)
- Spring 2014 Fine Arts Faculty Exhibit: “Proventus” (03/06/2014)
- Architecture Graduates to Attend Harvard, Columbia and UCL (19/05/2014)
- Sawwafs Spearhead New Master’s in Islamic Art and Architecture (14/04/2014)
- Art of the Islamic World (14/04/2014)
- Symposium: Modernizing Curricula for Success in Interior Design (10/04/2014)
- Poster Competition Win Sends LAU Students to India (02/04/2014)
- LAU Faculty Member Hosts Debut Session in AIGA Series (01/04/2014)
- João Nunes Speaks About Time and Landscape (25/03/2014)
- Moving Forward With Arabic Typography (21/03/2014)
- Symposium Looks into Architecture, Politics and Society (06/03/2014)
- Spanish Architect Antonio Ortiz Recounts Firm’s Most Notable Projects (25/02/2014)
- LAU Alumna Recognized by American Society of Interior Designers (20/02/2014)
- LCF faculty member shares curriculum details with LAU (28/01/2014)
- Q&A with furniture designer Ghida el Zein (09/01/2014)
2013
- Korean fashion critic Kim Hong Ki visits Lebanon, LAU (18/12/2013)
- Graphic design student sweeps prizes for startup ideas (12/12/2013)
- Visualizing Palestine (06/12/2013)
- New visiting professors (25/11/2013)
- LAU, LCF, ELIE SAAB sign partnership agreement (25/11/2013)
- Architectural talent on display (14/11/2013)
- “Traveling studios” exhibit relays students’ experiences abroad (01/11/2013)
- Meet Jason Steel, LAU’s fashion design kick-starter (28/10/2013)
- First fashion design students get introduced to the program (25/10/2013)
- A Cabinet of Wonders (18/10/2013)
- New departmental chairs (10/10/2013)
- A green collaboration (30/09/2013)
- Students earn top prize for water conservation video (25/09/2013)
- Q&A with graphic design professor Yasmine Taan (23/07/2013)
- The art and life of Chaouki Chamoun (19/07/2013)
- End-of-year fine arts exhibit: “Vernissage” (17/07/2013)
- Beirut Design Week previews fashion design program at LAU (04/07/2013)
- Student considers Safadi building among “Beirut’s most exciting” (26/06/2013)
- UK lecturer shares insights in the runup to LAU fashion degree program (25/06/2013)
- U.K. fashion academic gives talk at LAU (14/06/2013)
- Public relations for social change (13/06/2013)
- Three generations of alumni exhibit at Sheikh Zayed Hall (05/06/2013)
- LAU design exhibit showcases students’ best (04/06/2013)
- Hani Asfour seeks advancement for design industry, enlightens students (29/04/2013)
- Annual gala features Elie Saab, garners support for LAU (19/03/2013)
- “Desmeem” initiative presents ideas on social, environmental matters (14/03/2013)
2012
- LAU architecture builds bridge to public sector (24/07/2012)
- Honoring Chaouki Chamoun (04/07/2012)
- Primitia premieres (08/06/2012)
2011
- The Politics of Urban Space (30/11/2011)
- Imaginative yet functional furniture designs win contest (03/08/2011)
2010
- Leading Islamic Architecture Scholar Speaks at LAU (12/05/2010)
- Exhibition: “The Urban Environment: Mirror and Mediator of Radicalization?” (12/04/2010)