In the history of building, Hana Elhebshi is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Hana Elhebshi as Libyan activist and architect.
Hana Elhebshi was born in 1985. His recorded nationality is Libya.
Contemporary practice is global, computational and preoccupied with energy: the profession's central question is now what a building costs the climate.
An architect is judged by how a building is used a century after the drawings.
That the work was built in Libya shaped it: climate, materials, planning law and who holds the budget all decide what can actually be built.
Hana Elhebshi is still practising, and the body of work is not yet complete.
