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Developed from an idea by Publicomm, ArchMarathon is an International Architecture event that brings together 42 Architecture Design Studios in a unique and unprecedented format. The first edition took place in November 2014 in Milan and was a great success with the public and highly appreciated by the participants.

After the tremendous success of this first edition, the Federation Of Lebanese Engineers and Publicomm organize a special edition focusing on architects originally from the Arab and Mediterranean Countries. As a result, there will be a special edition held in Beirut, Lebanon from the 8th to the 10th of October 2015. From the cultural and intellectual viewpoint, the event will be a genuine marathon, thanks to the full programme of carefully selected presentations which are among the most relevant in the respective panorama of contemporary architectural interest.

A marathon also from the business-networking point of view, thanks to the parallel activities of exchange and updating that will take place within each Showroom and that will allow the Partner companies to get to know and be known by a highly prestigious international industry audience consisting of 42 invited studios from all around the world as well as over 10,000 Lebanese and Middle Eastern professionals who will be attending as visitors.

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The Studios selected by the Jury and the organizers will participate with a project concluded during the period 2010-2015 and the winners will be awarded their prizes at the end of the last day. At the conclusion of three intense days of speeches and one-to-one meetings, the ArchMarathon Awards will be held: the prize-giving ceremony for the best projects presented during the three days of the event, divided into categories and selected and awarded by a prestigious international jury.

There will be 11 prizes in all and they will be awarded according to the following categories:
1. Arts & Culture
2. Education
3. Workspaces
4. Religious Buildings
5. Hotel & Leisure
6. Private Housing
7. Mixed Tenure Housing and Buildings
8. Transport
9. Landscape and Public Spaces
10. Crowd Award
11. Overall Award

Jury

The 2015 Archmarathon Jury is composed by 2 different teams, who will join together for the 3 days event to select the winners. The Main Jury is composed by critics, curators and specialists in architecture. Joining Archmarathon from the beginning, the Main Jury is in charge of searching the project and selecting, after a long screening process, the best 42.

The Grand Jury joins Archmarathon during the 3 days event. It is composed by one representative for each of the three main institutional organization which are supporting Archmarathon: UIA, UMAR, OAA. The role of the Grand Jury is to look at the projects with a neutral eye and to join the Main Jury in the process of selecting the winners.

Main Jury

Luca Molinari, Curator and Critic. Born in1966, he graduated from the Faculty of Architecture in Milan in 1992 after a period spent working and studying at the Faculty of Architecture TU Delft in Holland (1989) and the ETSAB in Barcelona (1990-92). He is Associate Professor of the History of Contemporary Architecture at the “Luigi Vanvitelli” Second Faculty of Architecture in Naples and has a PhD in the history and theory of Architecture from the Faculty of Architecture TU Delft (NL).

Nadim Karam’s, Nadim Karam’s consistent production of work across disciplines – painting, Sculpture, public art and architecture – are optimistic acts of rebellion as well as affirmations of the power of creativity against the tedium, soullessness or terror that at one time or another afflict our lives and cities. He considers our cities as living organism that we activate with our energy and creativity output, furnishing the stories, memories and dreams that keep them alive.

Bernard Khoury, Bernard Khoury studied architecture at the Rhode Island school of Design (B.F.A 1990 / B.Arch 1991). He received a Masters in Architectural studies from Harvard University (M.Arch 1993). In 2001, he was awarded by the municipality of Rome the honorable mention of the Borromini prize given to architects under 40 years of age.

George Katodrytis, RIBA,  Associate Professor of Architecture, College of Architecture, Art and Design, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

Hassan Radoine, Dr. Hassan Radoine is currently the Director of the Ecole Nationale d’Architecture in Morocco. A former Fulbright Scholar, he holds a M.Sc. and Ph.D. (2001-2006) in Architecture and Urbanism from University of Pennsylvania. As a Prince of Wales’ Scholar, he received an M.Phil. in Architecture from the Prince of Wales Institute of Architecture in London (1997). His first Diploma of Architecture/urbanism is from the Ecole Nationale d’Architecture in Rabat (1993). He taught in University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth College, University of Sharjah, American University of Sharjah, and Al Akhwayn University.

Pelin Derviş, Architect. Lives and works in Istanbul as an independent editor and curator. Graduated from Istanbul Technical University, completed her master's degree at the History of Architecture Program of the same institution. After working in her architectural practice on projects of various types and dimensions ranging from urban inventory projects to spatial and object design for 14 years she focused on the cultural production aspect of architecture.

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