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Projects

2023
Chnanir, Lebanon
On a floating platform adorned with trees and greenery echoing the natural landscape present in this area. An infinity pool cantilevers above the oak trees, levitating into the empty space. On...
2023
Reef Island, Bahrain
First, a lush heart, originating around a water source where vegetation takes over the shaded corners creating a fresh and green microclimate, which extends towards the sky. A peaceful garden,...
2023
Reef Island Bahrain - Plot 1&2
A highly symbolic project: Our project takes up the strong elements of the geography and history of Bahrain. Its location, on an island, and therefore “between two seas” like the...
2019
Vilnius, Lithuania
By the immediate appropriation of the place which will make the inhabitants and the users the best ambassadors of the project, by the new activities generated, what could have been only a...
Status: International Competition
2022
Reef Lagoon Beach, Bahrain
The site is first an extraordinary geography, on the edge of a lagoon, flooded with sun and bordered by water: a climate that needs to be softened to become heavenly all year round. The project...
2020
Cornet Chahwan, Lebanon
Altering not merely the existing structure but also its surroundings, the White house was designed to give new life to what has already been built, the birth of fresh spatial dynamics creates...
2019
Mount Lebanon
The challenge was to create a hidden house with surreptitious experiences in continuous dialogue with nature at several scales and levels. These secret experiences would allow the creation of...
Status: under construction
2019
Kraków, Poland
The city of Krakow, the former capital of Poland, has maintained, over time, the assets of a capital particularly its culture and heritage. Its ranking in the patrimony of humanity is, as such,...
Status: International Competition
2018
Beirut, Lebanon
DAM-MAD Villa covers four floors, with the main living area set on what would be considered the ground floor, complete with a reception space, outdoor pool and double-height internal garden...
2018
Laurentides, Sainte-Adèle, Canada
In a 40,000-square-meter plot of forested land in Sainte-Adèle, a lush region north of Montreal, Canada, the Haddad Compound is engaged in an ongoing conversation with its surrounding...
2018
Chiyah, Lebanon
MM Residential Building sits on a 900-square-meter rectangular site at the intersection of two streets in Chiyah, a fast-developing suburb of Beirut.  The new structure holds 14...
2018
Beirut, Lebanon
AA Loft offers several different ways to exist in a busy neighborhood by transforming the living space into a flexible living organism. One of the main goals was to create a number of pocket...

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BIOGRAPHY

ARCHITECT ANASTASIA ELROUSS HAS BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING IN THE ARCHITECTURE FIELD FOR NEARLY 15 YEARS. SHE HOLDS A DEGREE IN ARCHITECTURE FROM THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT, WHICH SHE ATTENDED FROM 2000 TO 2005, AND WHERE SHE CURRENTLY TEACHES DESIGN COURSES. SHE FIRST WORKED IN BEIRUT AT SAMIR KHAIRALLAH & PARTNERS (2005-2006) AND AT JEAN NOUVEL IN PARIS (2007). IN 2008, SHE BECAME THE HEAD OF YTAA AND SOON AFTER BECAME A FOUNDING PARTNER AND GENERAL MANAGER OF THE ARCHITECTURE FIRM (2011-2017).

In November 2017, upon exiting YTAA, she founded her own architectural practice ANA-Anastasia Elrouss Architects. At her new firm, Anastasia continues to uphold her main design philosophy: that architectural and urban thinking can never be stagnant. For her, architecture is about exploring options and about opening a dialogue, while encouraging an ongoing conversation.