Yasmine Musallam

Biography:

Yasmine Musallam (b. 1976) is a Lebanese – American senior interior architect and photographer. She graduated from the Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts (ALBA) in 2001 with a Diplôme d’Etudes Supérieures (DES) en Architecture d’Intérieur.

Since 2009, she has worked with Y000 Design and Photographic Art and as Senior Interior Architect with Indigo DSPP. From 2003 to 2009, she worked at Dar Al-Handasah in the Interior Architecture Unit, contributing to major international projects including Dubai International Airport, Hurghada International Airport, the American University of Iraq at Sulaimani, and the American University of Beirut Hospital. Earlier, she worked with Malek Mahmassani Architectural Practice in Lebanon and completed an internship in textile design at the French Cultural Centre in Lebanon with Claude Mabélé. Her photographic work has been nominated for the 2025 Photographer of the Year Contest (Exposure One Awards), the 2025 World Photo Annual (Refocus Awards), and the 2026 One Shot Photo Contest (Exposure One Awards).

Exhibitions & Art Fairs:

2009 – Present | Y000 Design and Photographic Art

2009 – Present | Indigo DSPP

Senior Interior Architect

2003 – 2009 | Dar Al-Handasah Consultants (Shair and Partners)

Architecture Department – Interior Architecture Unit

Responsibilities

In charge of interior architecture design, detailing, and coordination for the following projects:

• Bones and Joints Hospital — Saudi Arabia
• The Pearl – Giardino Villas — Qatar
• Horizonte Hotel — Angola
• American University of Iraq at Sulaimani — Iraq
• Concourse 2, Dubai International Airport — United Arab Emirates
• Transit and Vehicle National Directorate — Luanda, Angola
• Dubai Exhibition City at Dubai World Central – Dubai World Trade Center (DWTC) Exhibition Facility — United Arab Emirates
• New Terminal Building at Sharm El-Sheikh Airport — Egypt
• Dubai World Central – Dubai Logistics City (DLC) Headquarters and Office Park — United Arab Emirates
• Hurghada International Airport – Terminal Building and Landside Facilities — Egypt
• President Al-Saleh Commercial Complex — Yemen
• Terminal 3, Dubai International Airport — United Arab Emirates
• National Library — Luanda, Angola
• Dubai International Airport Expansion (Phase 2) – Concourse 3 — United Arab Emirates
• Sana’a International Airport Development Project – International Terminal Building — Yemen
• Medical Design Services at the American University of Beirut Hospital (AUH) — Lebanon
  • Established standard finishes for all facility areas
• Paediatric Hospital and Emergency Department at King Hussein Medical Centre (KHMC) — Amman, Jordan
• Royal Airwing at Dubai International Airport — United Arab Emirates
• Development of King Abdul Aziz Endowment for the Two Holy Mosques — Saudi Arabia
• South Oil Headquarters Project — Basra, Iraq
• Ahmad Baha’addine Cultural Centre Project — Egypt

2002 – 2003 | Malek Mahmassani Architectural Practice, Lebanon

Interior Designer

Selected Projects

• HRH Prince Saud Bin Fahad Bin Abdul Aziz Apartment — Beirut Central District, Lebanon
• Lebanese Stock Market — Beirut Central District, Lebanon
• Adel Hamieh Roof Apartment — Chimlan, Lebanon
• Bishr Al-Haffar’s Apartment — Beirut Central District, Lebanon
• Elie Semaan Villa — Adma, Lebanon
• Fadlo Touma’s Building — Ashrafieh, Beirut, Lebanon
• Mahmassani’s Apartment — Verdun, Beirut, Lebanon
• Sheikh Abdallah Al-Athel’s Duplex — Lebanon

2001 – 2002 | French Cultural Centre, Lebanon

Internship with Claude Mabélé – Textile Design

Awards Nominations in photographic art:

• Award-nominated for the 2025 Photographer of the Year Contest, Exposure One Awards. Black and White photography, abstract.
• Award-nominated for the World Photo Annual, Refocus Awards, 2025.
• Award-nominated for the One Shot Photo Contest, Exposure One Awards, 2026.

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