Hashim Sarkis is Principal of Hashim Sarkis Studios based in Cambridge, Mass., USA and Beirut, Lebanon.
He received his BArch and BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1987, his MArch with distinction from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD) in 1989, and his PhD in architecture from Harvard University in 1995.
Prior to establishing his own practice in 1998, Hashim Sarkis worked for several design firms, including for Rafael Moneo on the souks project of Beirut. He was also programs director of Plan B, a non-profit organization involved in improving the quality of the built environment in Lebanon and the Middle East.
Since 1995, he has been on the faculty of the Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD), where he teaches design studios and courses in the history and theory of architecture. In 2002, he was appointed the first Aga Khan Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism in Muslim Societies at the GSD and he also directs the GSD’s Aga Khan Program. He has also lectured at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Department of Architecture and a research associate in MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning. He has taught studios at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and Yale University and has been visiting lecturer at the American University of Beirut and the Metropolis program in Barcelona.
He is the author of several books and articles including Circa 1958: Lebanon in the Pictures and Plans of Constantinos Doxiadis, co-editor with Eric Mumford of Josep Lluis Sert: The Architect of Urban Design, editor of CASE: Le Corbusier's Venice Hospital, co-editor with Peter G. Rowe of Projecting Beirut, and executive editor of the CASE publication series (GSD/Prestel).
His architectural projects have received numerous awards and have been published and exhibited throughout the world, including in the Rotterdam Biennale, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Venice Biennale.
[last updated 09-Aug-10]