Jad Tabet
Jad Tabet is the Past-President of the Lebanese Federationof Engineers and Architects (2017-2021) and of the Organization of Arab Architects (2017-2020). He is an architect and planner working between Beirut (Lebanon) and Paris (France). As a widely recognized advocate of heritage preservation, Tabet has been appointed in 2019 as member of the High Level Reflection Group for UNESCO Strategic Transformation. He was also member of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee (2001-2005) and (2013-2017). His practice extends over several dimensions of design and research, spanning across the fields of historic urban landscapes, public space design, the rehabilitation and revitalization of traditional urban fabrics, the development of strategies for sustainable community growth as well as social housing and public facilities. Tabet is the author of several academic publications on the relationship between heritage and modernity, on war and reconstruction, and numerous op-eds and positions advocating for the protection of urban-shared spaces in Lebanon, Palestine, Irak and Libya. He taught at the American University of Beirut, the Lebanese University and the School of Architecture of Paris-Belleville. He also served as distinguished Faculty at the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA-Sciences Po Paris). Tabet’s distinguished practice in the field has earned him numerous awards, notably the Distinguished Alumni Award in Architecture delivered by the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture-American University of Beirut in 2003 and the Medal of the French Académie d’Architecture and the National Council of French Architects in 2014.