Lab Talk

Lina Ghotmeh

Windows of Light

Acclaimed French-Lebanese architect Lina Ghotmeh will reflect on light, material and heritage in her work and share insights in a lecture and a conversation with architecture critic Laura Helena Wurth, on the occasion of the presentation of the Zumtobel Group Annual Report Windows of Light.

Without Light – Beirut. From: Windows of Light. © Laurian Ghinițoiu

Date: Wed., 05.11.2025, 18:30

Place: Aedes, Christinenstr. 18–19, 10119 Berlin

Registration: connect.zumtobelgroup.com

Format: The event will take place in English. Admittance is free.

Introduction

Beirut‑born architect Lina Ghotmeh creates designs deeply rooted in their environment, blending heritage, history and climate‑aware innovation. Her work, described as an Archaeology of the Future, emerges in harmony with nature while exploring the legacy of civilizations and architectural responses to climate across regions.

Ghotmeh’s acclaimed projects include Stone Garden in Beirut, the future AlUla Contemporary Art Museum in Saudi Arabia, the Estonian National Museum, Ateliers Hermès in Normandy and the 22nd Serpentine Pavilion in London. Current projects also include the British Museum Western Range renovation, the Permanent Pavilion of Qatar at the Venice Biennale, the Bahrain Pavilion for Expo Osaka 2025 and the MARKK Museum in Hamburg.

In 2024, she designed the Zumtobel Group’s 33rd annual report, Windows of Light, exploring how light and darkness – forces that connect cultures across time and space – shape our environment and perception of the world.

Lina Ghotmeh will discuss her current projects, share insights from Windows of Light and engage in conversation with architecture critic Laura Helena Wurth.

Programme

Welcome
Dunya Bouchi, Partner, Aedes, Berlin
Isabel Zumtobel, Director, Arts&Culture, Zumtobel Licht AG, Zurich

Lecture
Lina Ghotmeh, Founder, Lina Ghotmeh – Architecture, Paris

Conversation
Lina Ghotmeh and Laura Helena Wurth, art and architecture critic and author, Berlin

About Zumtobel Group Annual Report

Collaboration with architects, artists and designers has long been central to Zumtobel Group’s culture. Since 1991, starting with Russian designer Mikhail Anikst, annual reports have showcased the company’s link to art and culture beyond standard corporate design. Over the years, contributors have included Olafur Eliasson, Anish Kapoor, James Turrell, Dominique Perrault, SANAA, David Chipperfield, UNStudio, Frida Escobedo and Anna Heringer, among others.

Windows of Light – the Zumtobel Group 2023–24 Annual Report by Lina Ghotmeh – will be available at the event.