Biography
In the 20 years she has spent working in the architectural field, Grace Rihan Hanna has helped restore some of the most famous landmarks in Lebanon. She graduated in 2003 from the Lebanese University, where she studied restoration of archeological sites and historical monuments. She is also a designer and has her own ceramic workshop.
"My work is not a job to me, it is a passion," says Hanna. Despite her demanding line of work, she also manages to be a model mother to her two teenage children. "It's a matter of organization, no more and no less," she explains.
Hanna was the photographer for At Home in Beirut (third edition) and executed the maps and axonometric drawings for Map’n Lebanon - Beirut.
Bibliography
Let's Have Fun and Discover Downtown Beirut, L’Orient le Jour, 2005
Map 'n Lebanon- Beirut, Turning Point, 2005
First Euro-Mediterranean Regional Conference, Traditional Mediterranean Architecture, Present and Future Rehabilitation and Artisans, Rehabined, 2007
At Home in Beirut (third edition), Turning Point, 2007