Siamak Hariri
Siamak Hariri OAA, AAA, AIBC, FRAIC, RCA, Intl. Assoc. AIA is a Canadian architect of Iranian heritage. He is a founding partner of Hariri Pontarini Architects, alongside David Pontarini. Born in Bonn, Germany, of Iranian parents, he was educated at the University of Waterloo and the Yale University School of Architecture where he received a Masters in Architecture. He is married to the painter Sasha Rogers. His father in law is the painter and sculptor Otto Rogers, for whom he designed an award-winning studio in Milford in Prince Edward County, Ontario.
He is currently the Partner-in-Charge of the competition-winning Bahá’í Temple for South America in Santiago, Chile.Honours
- Royal Architecture Institute of Canada's 2013 Architectural Firm Award
- 2006 Governor General's Medal in Architecture for the Schulich School of Business, York University.
- Richard Ivey School of Business, University Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
- University of Toronto Faculty of Law, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Alliance Française de Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Casey House, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Buildings of Note
- 2016: Bahá'í Temple for South America, Santiago, Chile
- 2012: Bloor Cinema, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- 2011: Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
- 2010: Art Gallery of Ontario, The Weston Family Learning Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- 2010: The Ontario Pavilion for Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- 2009: Max Gluskin House, Department of Economics University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- 2008: School of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- 2006: Ravine Residence, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- 2004: Camera + Stephen Bulger Gallery, Queen Street West Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- 2004: Art Collectors' Residence, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- 2003: Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- 2001: MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario, Canada
- 1999: McKinsey & Co. Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- 1998: Robertson House Crisis Care Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Publications
- 2010: , November 2010
- 2010: Arch Daily, "", March 2010
- 2010: Forsey, Lindsay, "" National Post, March 2010
- 2008: Todd, Robert. "Hariri Pontarini to lighten up U of T law," Law Times 10 March 2008
- 2006: Hariri, Siamak. "Falling Backwards." Practices Spring 2006
- 2006: Penn, M.W. "Art Collectors' Residence, Toronto." Building Stone Fall 2006
- 2005: Ward, Joah. "York University's The Schulich School of Business." GTA Construction Report April 2005
- 2004: Kelmans, Marsha. "." Canadian Architect May 2004
- 2004: Brown, Bay. "Hariri Pontarini Architects: Bahá'í Mother Temple." Architecture July 2004
- 1999: Church, Elizabeth. "McKinsey Experiments With its Workspace." Globe and Mail 21 June 1999
