Dima Abulhusn has been named studio director at Tihany Design. She was previously with the firm as a project manager until 2009.
Abulhusn was born in Beirut and earned her B.S. in interior design from the Lebanese American University. She began her professional career as a designer with Pierre Yves Rochon in Beirut and went on to pursue a master's degree in architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design, becoming a member of the RISD Advisory Design Committee, a graduate liaison, and later acquiring a Sheridan Teaching Certificate from Brown University.
She first joined Tihany Design in 2006 and worked on concept design to construction adaptations alongside hoteliers and Michelin-starred chefs.
In 2011, Abulhusn moved back to Beirut where she established a design practice and opened her own restaurant. During that period, she began a venture with Unitec Consultants to design, consult and manage hotel projects in the Middle East, co-creating concepts for hotel brands like Marriott International’s Renaissance hotel in Doha, Qatar, and collaborating with the Oberoi family in India.
In her new role at Tihany, Abulhusn and her team will work directly with founder Adam D. Tihany and managing partner Alessia Genova.
On returning to Tihany Design, Abulhusn said that she is "grateful for this opportunity to continue empowering our team to their fullest potential, to create designs with maximum impact, and for Tihany Design to be the best and most successful in its field."