Hashim A. Sarkis (Arabic: هاشم سركيس ; born 1964 in
Beirut) is a
Lebaneseeducator and
architect. Since 2015, Sarkis has been Professor and Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also founding principal of Hashim Sarkis Studios since 1998.
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 UniversityGraduate 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.
Projecting Beirut: Episodes in the Construction and Reconstruction of a Modern City, with Peter G. Rowe, 1998,
ISBN978-3791319384
Case: Le Corbusier's Venice Hospital and the Mat Building Revival, 2001,
ISBN978-3791325385
Circa 1958: Lebanon in the Pictures and Plans of Constantinos Doxiadis, 2003,
ISBN978-2842894306
Josep Lluis Sert: The Architecture of Urban Design, 1953-1969, 2008,
ISBN978-0300120653
"The World as an Architectural Project," by Hashim Sarkis and Roi Salgueiro with Gabriel Kozlowski, 2020
ISBN9780262043960
Expansions, 2021 Edited by Hashim Sarkis and Ala Tannir,
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Cohabitats, 2021 Edited by Hashim Sarkis and Ala Tannir,
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On Hashim Sarkis
Hashim Sarkis, Curator of the 17th International Architectural Exhibition, Universes in Universes,
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Venice Biennale Curator Hashim Sarkis: ”We are exploring the same subject that led to the pandemic”, Edwin Heathcote, Financial Times, 21.05.21,
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The Venice Biennale, Twice delayed, takes on new relevance, Sam Lubell, New York Times, 20.05.21
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Hashim Sarkis discusses staging on an international biennale in “interesting times”, Samuel Medina, 05.05.21, The Architect’s Newspaper
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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,
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Biennale Architettura 2021, press conference, 20.05.21 full video in the Biennale Architettura 2021 website
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At the Venice Biennale, an architecture exhibition to meet the moment, Peter Dizikes, 08.07.2021. MIT News
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″Golden Lions to Raumlaborberlin and UAE″, John Hill, 30.08.21
World-Architects.com
Personal life
Sarkis is married to Diala Ezzeddine,
Chief Executive Officer of Xios Therapeutics, and they have one daughter, Dunia Alexandra.[3]