Administration
Director
Hashim SarkisHashim Sarkis directs the Aga Khan Program of Activities at the Graduate School of Design, where he is the Aga Khan Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism in Muslim Societies. He teaches courses in the history and theory of architecture, as well as design studios. Sarkis is a practicing architect based in Cambridge and Lebanon. His projects include a housing complex for the fishermen of Tyre, a park in downtown Beirut, two schools in the North Lebanon region, and several urban and landscape projects. He is author of several books and articles including Circa 1958: Lebanon in the Pictures and Plans of Constantinos Doxiadis (Dar Annahar, 2003), editor of CASE: Le Corbusier’s Venice Hospital (Prestel, 2001), co-editor with Peter G. Rowe of Projecting Beirut (Prestel, 1998), and executive editor of the CASE series (GSD/Prestel). From 2002 to 2005 he was also Director of the Master of Design Studies Program (MDes) program and the Doctorate of Design (DDes) program. He received his BArch and BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, his MArch from the GSD, and his PhD in architecture from Harvard University.