Hariri & Hariri

One of the most important architectural design companies in the world, Hariri & Hariri Architecture was founded in New York in 1986 by two Iranian-born sisters, Gisue and Mojgan Hariri. Their work, dedicated to exploring innovative ideas and making them happen, has been exhibited in numerous international architectural museums, galleries, and institutions including the National Building Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Deutsches Architectur Museum and the Museu d'Art Contemporani in Barcelona. Recently, their project for the 2012 Olympic Village won an award and was exhibited at Grand Central Station. Moreover, the studio was one of the finalists in the competition for the pilot project for the St. Mark Coptic Canadian Village of Toronto. Integration of digital technology, imaginative use of materials, sensitivity to location and capacity for social relations, qualities that are often considered to oppose each other, cohabit catalytically in Hariri & Hariri's work.
Their exploration of our contemporary, dynamic, global, speed-loving culture has produced futuristic and visionary architectural projects and prototypes for the new millennium. They designed, on their own, a revolutionary material called "The Digital Block" for building transparent walls able to transmit and receive information, which reached the finals of the 2000 edition of the Saatchi & Saatchi Prize for Innovation in Communication.
A monograph dedicated to them with the title Hariri & Hariri: Work in Progress was published in 1995 by The Monacelli Press.