Hashim Sarkis

Born in Beirut, Sarkis received his Bachelor of Architecture and Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design (1987), his Master of Architecture with distinction (1989), and his Doctor of Philosophy from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design (1995). His dissertation was entitled "Publics and Architects: Re-Engaging Design in the Democracy," and was advised by Peter G. Rowe, K. Michael Hays, Jorge Silvetti, and Roberto Mangabeira Unger.{{cite web |title=Hashim Sarkis: Curriculum Vitae |url=http://research.gsd.harvard.edu/agakhanprogram/files/2014/05/Hashim-CV-formatted.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018185344/https://research.gsd.harvard.edu/agakhanprogram/files/2014/05/Hashim-CV-formatted.pdf |archive-date=2018-10-18 |date=May 2014 }}

Sarkis has worked for several architecture firms, including for Rafael Moneo on Beirut Souks. In 1998, Sarkis established his own practice, Hashim Sarkis Studios, with offices in Cambridge and Beirut. From 1995 to 2015, Sarkis was a professor at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, where he taught design studios and courses on the history and theory of architecture and urban design. From 2002 to 2014, he was the Aga Khan Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism at the Harvard GSD.

In 2018, he was named curator of the 2020 Venice Biennale of Architecture.{{Cite web|url=https://www.labiennale.org/en/news/hashim-sarkis-appointed-curator-biennale-architettura-2020|title=Biennale Architettura 2021 | Hashim Sarkis appointed curator of the Biennale Architettura 2020|date=19 December 2018}} In an interview with ArchDaily,{{Cite web |date=2024-10-31 |title=ArchDaily {{!}} Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide |url=https://www.archdaily.com/?ad_name=small-logo |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=ArchDaily |language=en-US}} an online platform dedicated to architecture, Sarkis discussed the proposed theme: "How will we live together?". He said: "We are asking architects this question because we are clearly not happy with the answers that are coming out of politics today. We are asking architects because architects are good conveners of different participants and experts in the building process. We are asking architects because we, architects, are preoccupied with shaping the spaces in which people live together and because we frequently imagine these settings differently than the social norms that dictate them."{{Cite web |date=2021-05-10 |title=Hashim Sarkis on "How will we live together?": Exploring the Question of the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale |url=https://www.archdaily.com/949137/hashim-sarkis-on-how-will-we-live-together-exploring-the-question-of-the-2021-venice-architecture-biennale |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=ArchDaily |language=en-US}}

On October 1st, 2024, Sarkis was appointed the newest member of the Pritzker Prize{{Cite web |title=The Pritzker Architecture Prize |url=https://www.pritzkerprize.com/ |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=www.pritzkerprize.com}}{{Citation |title=Pritzker Architecture Prize |date=2024-10-20 |work=Wikipedia |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pritzker_Architecture_Prize |access-date=2024-11-01 |language=en}} jury, along with Anne Lacaton{{Cite web |title=lacaton & vassal |url=https://www.lacatonvassal.com/ |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=www.lacatonvassal.com}}. {{Cite web |last=Archilovers |date=2024-10-01 |title=Anne Lacaton and Hashim Sarkis Join The Pritzker Architecture Prize Jury |url=https://www.archilovers.com/stories/30571/anne-lacaton-and-hashim-sarkis-join-the-pritzker-architecture-prize-jury.html |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=Archilovers |language=en}}

• 2004 - Agricultural and Community Center, Mejdlaya
• 2004 - Balloon Landing Park, Beirut
• 2004 - Oceana Beach Club, Damour
• 2004 - Olive Oil Press, Batroun
• 2005 - Wareham Street Loft, Boston
• 2007 - Oleana Restaurant, Cambridge
• 2007 - Housing for the Fishermen of Tyre, Abbasiyeh
• 2009 - Al Zorah, Ajman
• 2010 - Boston Eye Group, Brookline
• 2010 - Tremont Street Residence, Boston
• 2011 - The Street Pavilion, Shenzhen
• 2016 - Byblos Town Hall, Byblos
• 2016 - Dana Street House, Cambridge
• 2017 - The Courtowers, Beirut
• 2018 - Saifi Residence, Beirut

• Projecting Beirut: Episodes in the Construction and Reconstruction of a Modern City, with Peter G. Rowe, 1998, {{ISBN|978-3791319384}}
• Case: Le Corbusier's Venice Hospital and the Mat Building Revival, 2001, {{ISBN|978-3791325385}}
• Circa 1958: Lebanon in the Pictures and Plans of Constantinos Doxiadis, 2003, {{ISBN|978-2842894306}}
• Josep Lluis Sert: The Architecture of Urban Design, 1953-1969, 2008, {{ISBN|978-0300120653}}
• "The World as an Architectural Project," by Hashim Sarkis and Roi Salgueiro with Gabriel Kozlowski, 2020 {{ISBN| 9780262043960}}
• Expansions, 2021 Edited by Hashim Sarkis and Ala Tannir, [https://store.labiennale.org/en/prodotto/expansions/ link]
• Cohabitats, 2021 Edited by Hashim Sarkis and Ala Tannir, [https://store.labiennale.org/en/prodotto/cohabitats/ link]

• Hashim Sarkis, Curator of the 17th International Architectural Exhibition, Universes in Universes, [https://universes.art/en/venice-biennale/2021-architecture/hashim-sarkis link]
• Venice Biennale Curator Hashim Sarkis: ”We are exploring the same subject that led to the pandemic”, Edwin Heathcote, Financial Times, 21.05.21, [https://www.ft.com/content/d6c09921-eb1d-4b47-8ffe-7ff3151aff8d link]
• The Venice Biennale, Twice delayed, takes on new relevance, Sam Lubell, New York Times, 20.05.21 [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/20/arts/design/venice-biennale.html link]
• Hashim Sarkis discusses staging on an international biennale in “interesting times”, Samuel Medina, 05.05.21, The Architect’s Newspaper [https://www.archpaper.com/2021/05/hashim-sarkis-discusses-staging-an-international-biennale-interesting-times/ link]
• Architecture is a medium that can make a difference: In conversation with Hashim Sarkis at the 2021 Venice Architectural Biennale, Christelle Harrouk, 24.05.21, arch daily, [https://www.archdaily.com/962198/architecture-is-a-medium-that-can-make-a-difference-in-conversation-with-hashim-sarkis-at-the-2021-venice-architecture-biennale link]
• Biennale Architettura 2021, press conference, 20.05.21 full video in the Biennale Architettura 2021 website [https://www.labiennale.org/en/biennale-channel?sector=3 link]
• At the Venice Biennale, an architecture exhibition to meet the moment, Peter Dizikes, 08.07.2021. MIT News [https://news.mit.edu/2021/venice-biennale-architecture-0708 link]
• ″Golden Lions to Raumlaborberlin and UAE″, John Hill, 30.08.21 [https://www.world-architects.com/en/architecture-news/headlines/golden-lions-to-raumlaborberlin-and-uae World-Architects.com]

Sarkis is married to Diala Ezzeddine, Chief Executive Officer of Xios Therapeutics, and they have one daughter, Dunia Alexandra.{{Cite web |url=https://staff.aub.edu.lb/~webmgate/summer04/notes.html |title=Class notes |publisher=American University of Beirut |access-date=2019-07-05 |archive-date=2015-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530033002/http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~webmgate/summer04/notes.html |url-status=dead }}

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• [https://sap.mit.edu/faculty/hashim-sarkis MIT profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220203049/http://sap.mit.edu/faculty/hashim-sarkis |date=2019-12-20 }}
• [http://www.hashimsarkis.com/ HSS profile]

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