Rabih Geha |

Rabih Geha founded the award-winning firm Rabih Geha Architects.

Geha received his B.A. in Architecture from the American University of Beirut and his master's degree from the École Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle in Paris.

Geha founded l'Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts in 2006, where he mentors Lebanon's next generation of interior architects through experimentation and research.

He worked with Rudy Ricciotti in Marseilles and French architect Odile Decq in Paris before returning to Beirut.

Geha is well-known for his signature blend of unexpected and authentic spaces, and he is credited with redefining the nightlife experience in Beirut and Dubai with projects like Uberhaus, Off&On, B018 Dubai, and February 30 Dubai. He expanded his practice to the UAE in 2021, opening offices in the Dubai Design District to service his growing portfolio of GCC projects.

DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER

EDGE is a firm that specialises in architecture, masterplanning, interior design, and project management. Martin Baerschmidt is its managing director and founder. EDGE was founded in June 2009.

In the past year, EDGE served as the Lead Design Consultant (LDC) for the new 440-seat NOBU restaurant at Atlantis the Palm, as well as providing a leading developer with the Concept Design for a G+42 Tower in Business Bay. Currently, EDGE is working on two additional towers of a comparable height along the Dubai Water Canal for a February 2023 sales launch.

Projects like 1/JBR, a 2B+G+46 Residential Tower for Dubai Properties that nearly doubled the selling price per square foot of any other project in Dubai, were undertaken by EDGE as Lead Design Consultant (LDC) projects.

In the hospitality sector, EDGE is working on the nearly finished hotel towers in Business Bay for Hilton and Holiday Inn (IHG). More than two years ago, the Revier Hotel was successfully handed over to the client.