Background
Sarkis was born in Beirut, Lebanon.
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Hashim Sarkis
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He received his Bachelor of Architecture and Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1987, his Master in Architecture With distinction from the Graduate School of Design in 1989, and his Doctor of Philosophy in architecture from Harvard University in 1995.
Career
Since 2015, he has been Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prior to establishing his own practice in 1998, 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.
He is on the faculty of the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
In October 2014 he was named as the Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Since 1995, Sarkis 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.
Sarkis also directs the GSD’s Aga Khan Program. In the past, Sarkis was a lecturer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology"s Department of Architecture and a research associate in Massachusetts Institute of Technology"s Department of Urban Studies and Planning.
He has taught studios at 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 (Beirut: Dar Annahar, 2003), co-editor with Eric Mumford of Josep Lluis Sert: The Architect of Urban Design (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008), editor of Computer-Aided Software Engineering: Le Corbusier"s Venice Hospital (Munich: Prestel, 2001), co-editor with Peter G. Rowe of Projecting Beirut (Munich: Prestel, 1998), and executive editor of the Computer-Aided Software Engineering publication series (GSD/Prestel). Sarkis has served on several international juries and has lectured extensively throughout the world. Projects & 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 Computer-Aided Software Engineering: Le Corbusier"s Venice Hospital, co-editor with Peter G. Rowe of Projecting Beirut, and executive editor of the Computer-Aided Software Engineering publication series (GSD/Prestel).
He is as well the Jury head of the Africa Middle East region of the Holcim Awards 2011.
Achievements
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Winner of the Byblos Municipality Competition, Byblos, Lebanon, 2011 Short-listed for the Zorlu Center Competition, with Han Tumertekin and George Hargreaves, Istanbul, Turkey 2007 (ongoing) Finalists for The Edge Competition, with Manuel Aires Mateus, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2006-2007 (ongoing) Progressive Architecture Award: Citation for Bab Tebbaneh School for Working Children, Tripoli, Lebanon 2007 Finalist, IFI Competition, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, 2005 Second Place, CMA-CGM Competition, Beirut, Lebanon, 2005 Representatives of Lebanon, Second Rotterdam Architectural Biennale, Rotterdam, The Netherlands May–June 2005 Finalist Award for Housing Project, Cityscape-Architectural Record Award, September 2004 Finalist Award for Entertainment Project, Cityscape-Architectural Record Award, September 2004 Honorable Mention: Elemental International Competition for Low Cost Housing, Chile, 2003.
