The “Leçon Inaugurale” by Ecole de Chaillot

Interview de Salma Samar Damluji par Elsa Ricaud, RMH Fellow 2012

Salma Samar Damluji and Elsa Ricaud, (RMH Fellow 2012)

Salma Samar Damludji, interviewed by Elsa Ricaud RMH Fellow 2012.

The “Lecon Inaugurale” took place at the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine presented by Salma Samar Damluji, on March 4, 2014.
Salma Samar Damluji the great libanon-Iraki architect, a graduated from the AA School of Architecture of London, PHD, now is chair of Islamic Architecture at the American University of Beirut. She was the laureate of the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture in 2012.

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An Exhibit in Concrete

The Cité de Chaillot is honoring the work of RUDY RICCIOTTI, well-known for the use of concrete in his conceptions. In 2006, Mr. Ricciotti was awarded the National Grand Prix in architecture. In 2006 he designed the Villa Navarra near St Tropez and since then has undertaken large projets such as the Department of Islamic Art at the Louvre (2012) the MUSCEM in Marseille 2013) and most recently the Jean Bouin Stadium (2013).

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