Hariri & Hariri Architecture is an architecture and design firm based in
New York. Founded in 1986 by sisters Gisue Hariri and Mojgan Hariri, the firm specializes in modern and technologically inspired design.[1][2]
Biography
The Hariri sisters came to the US from Iran in the 1970s to study architecture at
Cornell University. Gisue Hariri has served as an adjunct professor of architecture at
Columbia University and visiting critic at Cornell,
Parsons School of Design, and
McGill University.[3] The sisters have also designed jewelry collections inspired by their architecture work for
Swarovski including a 'Kryptonite' crystal that they created.[4][5][6]
The Hariri Sisters embody technologically inspired designs.[7]
The firm's work ranges in scale from architecture, master plans, and interiors, to product design and furniture.[8][9][10] The work also includes research-oriented prototypes such as the Museum of the 21st Century at the
National Building Museum (2003–07),[11] Loft of the Future (1999-2000),[12] Cine Experimental Film Center (1999),[13] and The Digital House which was showcased in an exhibition at the
Museum of Modern Art in 1999.[14] In 2010, Hariri & Hariri's architectural rendering was included in the "Contemplating the Void" exhibit at the
Guggenheim for the 50th anniversary of Frank Lloyd Wright-designed museum.[15]
Recognition
In 2005, Hariri & Hariri won the
Academy Award in Architecture at the
American Academy of Arts and Letters Awards,[16] and was inducted into the Design Hall of Fame sponsored by Interior Design Magazine.[17] In 2010, Architectural Digest included Gisue and Mojgan Hariri on its list of the greatest talents in architecture and design.[18] The firm won the American Architecture Award 2015 from the
Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture & Design for its housing development in
Salzburg, Austria called Jewels of Salzburg.[19] Hariri and Hariri was presented with the Career Achievement Award in October 2016 at the IA-100 retreat in Silicon Valley.[18] In 2018, Hariri & Hariri were recognized for its "strong and authentic exhibition design" by The New York Times after the opening of "Contemporary Muslim Fashions".[20]
"Contemporary Muslim Fashions" - de Young Museum in San Francisco[31][32]
Publications
Hariri, Gisue; Holl, Steven; Frampton, Kenneth (1995). Hariri and Hariri: Work in Progress. Works in Progress. New York: The Monacelli Press.
ISBN158093062X.
Oscar Riera Ojeda (1997). "Casas International: Hariri and Hariri". Casas Internacional (in Spanish). Argentina.
ISSN0328-2406.