Siamak Hariri: Baha'i House of Worship in Santiago, Chile

Speaker Series

Siamak Hariri: Baha’i House of Worship in Santiago, Chile

Part 2 of On the Spiritual in Contemporary Architecture

November 6, 2021

Co-sponsored by the Architecture, Culture, and Spirituality Forum, the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University, the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University, and the Center on Modernity in Transition.

Speaker

Siamak Hariri

Hariri Pontarini Architects

Siamak Hariri is a founding Partner of Hariri Pontarini Architects, a 130-person practice based in Toronto. His portfolio of nationally and internationally recognized buildings has won over 60 awards, including the Governor General’s Medal in Architecture and the 2013 Royal Architectural Institute of Canada’s Architectural Firm Award. Recent projects include the Bahá’í Temple of South America, the Tom Patterson Theatre for the Stratford Festival, the Science, Research and Innovation Facility at the University of Windsor, and the Nicol Building at the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University.

Panelists

Hossein Amanat

Architect

Hossein Amanat is the architect of the World Administrative Center of the Bahá’í Faith in Haifa, Israel, and of the Shahyad/Azadi Freedom Monument in Tehran, Iran.

Roberto Chiotti

Larkin Architect Limited

Roberto Chiotti is Principal of Larkin Architect Limited, an award-winning firm specializing in the design of sustainable sacred space.

Susan Jones

University of Washington

Susan Jones is the founder of atelierjones llc and Affiliate Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Washington.

Phillip Tabb

Texas A&M University

Phillip Tabb is Professor Emeritus of Architecture at Texas A&M University, where he served as Head of the Department from 2001 to 2005. He is the master plan architect for Serenbe Community and the author of seven books on sustainability, biophilia, and sacred space.

Moderator

Michael J. Crosbie

University of Hartford

Michael J. Crosbie, Ph.D., FAIA, studied architecture at The Catholic University of America and is currently Professor of Architecture at the University of Hartford. He is editor of Faith & Form: The Interfaith Journal on Religion, Art, and Architecture. Dr. Crosbie is the sole author, editor, or contributor to more than 75 books on architecture (including six on religious architecture). The author of hundreds of articles on architecture, design, and practice, he lectures throughout the US and abroad. He is the recipient of the Edward S. Frey Memorial Award, “in Recognition of the Contributions Made to Religion, Art, and Architecture,” bestowed by the American Institute of Architects.