Siamak Hariri
Architect & Designer | Designing for Humanity's Future
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Siamak Hariri is an award-winning architect and designer renowned for creating iconic structures that elevate the human experience. As a founding partner of Hariri Pontarini Architects, he has led the design of transformative projects across Canada, including the Schulich School of Business and the Jackman Law Building at the University of Toronto.
Hariri's work has been recognized with the prestigious Emerging Voices award from the Architectural League of New York and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada's Gold Medal. His design philosophy integrates function, sustainability, and an empathetic understanding of how the built environment shapes human behavior and wellbeing.
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How do you build a sacred space?
To design the Bahá'í Temple of South America, architect Siamak Hariri focused on illumination -- from the temple's form, which captures the movement of the sun throughout the day, to the iridescent, luminous stone and glass used to construct it. Join Hariri for a journey through the creative process, as he explores what makes for a sacred experience in a secular world.
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