Aline Asmar d’Amman is an architect and a storyteller, seeking the rare spark born from the encounter of heritage architecture, creative nowness and rich narratives. Behind the epic transformation of Palazzo Donà Giovannelli into an Orient Express hotel, she brings tailored elegance and soul to every space. Known for crafting theatrical, timeless interiors in quest of cultural resonance, she preserves the building’s essence while echoing its past lives. 

Aline Asmar d’Amman’s aesthetic foundations lie in discovering beauty in the traces of time, combining the duality of patrimony and reinvention, the raw and the precious, a balance of architectural truth and ultimate sophistication.

Inspired by the legacy of Orient Express and Venice as a gateway between East and West, fueled by her multi-cultural background, she navigates the cross-fertile dialogue of cultures and architecture with the freedom of a literary voyageur.