Hariri & Hariri Architecture: Buildings & Projects - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1864703407 ISBN 13: 9781864703405

Publisher: Images, 2010

Synopsis

- Successful New York firm with many high-profile international architecture and design awards and accolades, including the American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award in Architecture - Featured projects include urban, residential, commercial, cultural, hospitality, product design and art - Celebrated recent designs include projects as diverse as the Sternbrauerei Salzburg, the loft building in the Dallas Arts Center and a beautiful US$250,000 chandelier for Swarovski This new monograph documents the highly creative and evocative work of internationally acclaimed firm Hariri & Hariri Architecture. Established in 1986 by Cornell-educated, Iranian-born sisters Gisue and Mojgan Hariri, this New York-based firm has been commissioned for high-profile projects such as the iconic Sagaponac House in Long Island, New York. Awarded for the quality and originality of its work with accolades such as the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award in Architecture, the firm's designs have also featured in numerous exhibitions and publications. This superbly designed monograph presents the firm's visionary achievements in the areas of urban, residential, commercial, cultural, hospitality and product design as well as art objects. The firm's celebrated recent projects include the US$80-million Sternbrauerei Salzburg (a world-class residential and mixed-use development in Salzburg, Austria), a 50,000-square-foot loft building in the heart of the Dallas Arts Center and the US$250,000 'Rock Crystal' chandelier for Swarovski.

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Hariri & Hariri Architecture has been celebrated with numerous prestigious awards throughout the years, including the '2015 American Architecture Award' from The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, and 'The American Academy of Arts and Letters' Academy Award for Architecture. They have also been inducted into Interior Design Magazine's Design Hall of Fame' in 2006. The firm's designs have also been featured in numerous exhibitions and publications worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art's landmark 'Unprivate House' exhibition, the National Building Museum-Washington DC, the Deutsches Architektur Museum-Frankfurt and the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona. In 2010 the firm was included in the prestigious Architectural Digest AD100, and selected for inclusion in the Guggenheim's 'Contemplating the Void' exhibition, a celebration of Frank Lloyd Wright's landmark museum and its 50th Anniversary.

Review

The text is informative and efficient; the introduction by the architecture chair at Cornell University discusses both the work's rigor and its experiential qualities. (Architectural Record)

Edition details

• Publisher: Images
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1864703407
• ISBN 13: 9781864703405
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 255
• Editor: Browne Beth