Wed Apr 16 2025

The Lebanese-born, Paris-based architect Lina Ghotmeh—who, just a week after we recorded this episode, won the competition to design the British Museum’s Western Range, which holds a third of the museum’s gallery space; was also recently announced as the architect of the new Qatar Pavilion in the historic Giardini of Venice; and is the designer of the Bahrain Pavilion at the just-opened 2025 Osaka Expo—details her “archaeology of the future” design approach; reflects on the long-view, across-time qualities of her work; and outlines what she believes is architecture’s role in shaping a better world ahead.