Hala Wardé was born in Lebanon in 1965. Wardé trained as an architect at the Ecole Spéciale d’Architecture in Paris where she studied with Paul Virilio, Bernard Tschumi and Jean Nouvel, the latter with whom she worked for over 20 years. In 2008, Hala Wardé established HW architecture. She led the One New Change project in London and the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum, from inception to delivery. Alongside Jean Nouvel, she won the competition for the Sharaan Resort, located in Al Ula. In 2016, Hala Wardé won the architectural competition for the Beirut Museum of Art and in 2018, she was selected to design Le Mirabeau, a landmark tower in Marseille, which was delivered in 2024. As curator of the Lebanese Pavilion at the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale, Hala Wardé presented A Roof for Silence in 2021. She collaborates regularly with artists and is currently working with Nan Goldin on This Will Not End Well, a major touring exhibition of the artist’s work. Wardé is part of an international collective of thinkers interested in sustaining and deepening the heritage of Paul Virilio—she contributes to Dromologie and is spearheading the development of Paul Virilio’s library for the Museum of Accidents.