VMA

Architecture & Design

Villa M Architects is an architecture and urban planning practice based in Beirut. Since our founding in 2010, we have developed a reputation for well-crafted design and thoughtful place making. The work of the practice ranges from architecture, interior design and conservation to planning, consultation and research.

Philosophy

We believe architecture is a powerful immersive medium that has the capacity to influence our mental state and regulate our interactions with the world. Architecture forms the framework that carefully balances the ecosystem that operates at the scale of the city, the house, and the human being. We want to dig to the core of the human experience and offer spaces that positively affects our daily experience.

Profile

Ziad Moutran is a Lebanese/Canadian Architect born in Beirut in 1973. He studied architecture at the Lebanese American University (LAU) in Byblos where he received his Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) in 2000 and received a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Ecole Supérieure des Affaires (ESA), Beirut and European School of Management (ESCP / EAP), Paris in 2005. He has a North-American experience while residing in Montreal with work completed in Canada and USA. He started his professional career as a trainee architect at Studio Polesello Architetti in Italy in 1999. In 2001, he joined Dar Al Handassah Consultants (Shair & Partners) in Beirut & Cairo. In 2007, he joined the Urban Development Division at Solidere in Beirut under the guidance of architect and urban designer Angus Gavin. Ziad got different exposures throughout his professional path in Architecture, Urban Planning and Landscape and had participated to local competitions with practices like URBI in Beirut and assisted to various academic juries for Architecture students.