Current status	Future BeMA: Beirut Museum of Art by Amale Andraos and WORKac seen from Damascus Road From September 28 to 30, 2016 the Jury met in Beirut. Following months of review and consideration, the Board of Trustees of BeMA: Beirut Museum of Art was pleased to announce in late 2018 the appointment of Lebanese-born architect Amale Andraos and WORKac to design its future building. The team received a Special Mention in the competition 2016. Further results of the competition can be viewed in the results section on this website. The new museum for Beirut is scheduled to open in 2023.
Sponsor	The Association for the Promotion and Exhibition of the Arts in Lebanon (APEAL) Beirut, Lebanon
Partner	Université Saint-Joseph (USJ) Beirut, Lebanon
Procedure	The competition was organized as an invited two-stage competition. Stage 1 was an an open prequalification procedure. Stage 2 is the design competition. The design proposals for stage 2 should be submitted anonymously. However, the jury knew the names of the 13 teams as they were published to the public as part of stage 1.
Participants	The following 13 architectural practices have been nominated to participate in a cooperative competition procedure. They have confirmed their participation. One team has withdrawn from the competition during the procedure: • 109 Architectes, Beirut, Lebanon • Bernard Khoury/DW5, Beirut, Lebanon • Hashim Sarkis Studios, LLC, Beirut, Lebanon and Cambridge MA, USA • HW architecture, Paris, France • ibda design, Dubai, UAE and Tokyo, Japan • IDC/Verner Johnson/ETEC SA, Beirut, Lebanon • L.E.F.T. Architects, Beirut, Lebanon and New York, USA • Lina Ghotmeh/DGT Architects, Paris, France • Najjar-Najjar Architects, Beirut, Lebanon and Vienna, Austria • Raed Abillama Architects/Nadim Khattar, Beirut, Lebanon • Work Architecture Company, New York, USA • Yatsu Chahal Architects/Said Jazairi Consulting Office, Tokyo, Japan • YTAA – Youssef Tohme Architects and Associates, Beirut, Lebanon (Participation cancelled)
Prizes and fees	Due to the public character of the project, the competitors received no compensation for submitting an entry and there shall be no prizes.
Jury	A jury composed of the following individuals evaluated the design concepts submitted and determined the selection of prizewinners. Architectural Jurors • Lord Peter Palumbo (Jury Chairman), Property developer, art collector and current Chair of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, London, UK • George Arbid, Architect, Director of the Arab Center for Architecture, Beirut, Lebanon • Farés el-Dahdah, Architect, Professor of the Humanities and Director of the Humanities Research Center, Rice University, Houston TX, USA • Rodolphe el-Khoury, Architect, Dean of University of Miami School of Architecture, FL, USA • Lamia Joreige, Visual Artist and Filmmaker, Beirut, Lebanon • Rem Koolhaas, Architect, Rotterdam, Netherlands • Hans Ulrich Obrist, Art Curator, Director of the Serpentine Gallery, London, UK • Dame Julia Peyton-Jones, Co-Director of the Serpentine Gallery, London, UK • Lord Richard Rogers, Architect, London, UK Honorary Member • Dame Zaha Hadid, Architect, London, UK and Representatives of APEAL and the Université Saint-Joseph (USJ) in Beirut Technical Experts • Anna Ogden-Smith, Managing Director APEAL, Beirut/Lebanon • Ahmad Knio, Architect, Development Management, M1 Real Estate, Beirut, Lebanon • Hanan Sayed Worrell, Museum consultant, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. • Georges Sfeir, Rafik El–Khoury & Partners, Beirut, Lebanon • Dany Bitar, Rafik El–Khoury & Partners, Beirut, Lebanon • Charlotte Dardet, Avesta Group
Schedule	• Jury colloquium February 26, 2016 • Announcement of short list April 15, 2016 • Issue of Stage 2 Competition materials May 19, 2016 • Site visit June 16, 2016 • Online forum May 19 to June 24, 2016 • Submission of entries August 31, 2016 • Jury meeting September 28 to 30, 2016 • Announcement of winner October 13, 2016
	In case of contradiction of information provided on this website and the competition brief, the information given in the competition brief shall prevail.