Siamak Hariri is a founding partner of Hariri Pontarini Architects, a 150-person Toronto practice. Its globally recognized portfolio has garnered over 90 awards, including several Governor General’s Medals in Architecture, the U.K. Civic Trust Award and the 2019 RAIC International Prize. Recent projects include the Bahá’í Temple of South America and the Tom Patterson Theatre for the Stratford Festival. With every work, Hariri harnesses the transformative power of design, embodying an abiding commitment to architecture’s essentials and further evolving the possibilities of light, form, site, material and craft.