EAST Architecture Studio is a Beirut-based practice working across residential design, masterplanning, cultural buildings, workplaces, exhibitions, and research.
Under the banner of preservation as practice, the studio engages with contemporary society and traditional culture, building the past into the design of the present and future uses of the spaces we work with, and within.
From the adaptive reuse of urban buildings to the design of new rural homes, sporting arenas and international exhibition pavilions, the studio’s work operates across a variety of contexts and temporalities, to create timeless architectural design.
Working with local artisans as well as international institutions, EAST Architecture Studio designs in detail and at scale.
Designing and building for our collective quality of life, EAST Architecture Studio places an emphasis on history, culture and context, defining architectural responses that engage with the challenges of our time.
In 2022, the studio was awarded the prestigious Aga Khan Award for Architecture for the renovation of Oscar Niemeyer’s Guest House in Tripoli, Lebanon. In 2024, the studio won the AlMusalla Prize for the design of a space for prayer and contemplation that was unveiled to the public in January 2025 on the site of the Islamic Arts Biennale in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.