Wahbi al-Hariri
✓ Source-basedrisingSyrian American artist, architect, archaeologist, and author (1914-1994)
ArchitectsLived 1914 to 1994 · aged 80
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Wahbi al-Hariri-Rifai was a Syrian American artist. He was also an accomplished architect, archaeologist, and author. His artwork has garnered international recognition and praise both in his lifetime and posthumously.
Photos 12
Al-Hariri in his atelier in Aleppo, Syria, 1938.
Chapiteau Corinthien au Temple de Vesta à Rome, Wahbi al-Hariri, 1945.This drawing of a Corinthian capital from the Temple of Vesta in Rome was submitted by al-Hariri as part of his application for admission to the Beaux-Arts. Visible below the title at bottom left is the designation, in script, "Atelier Pontremoli-Leconte".![Al-Hariri's Prix du Meilleur Diplôme medal.Other notable winners include British architect Nicholas Grimshaw who was a recipient in 1965.[24]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Wahbi-al-hariri-rifai-beaux-arts-societe-architectes-diplomes-par-le-gouvernement-medaille-meilleur-diplome-1954-obverse-cc-by-sa.jpg/330px-Wahbi-al-hariri-rifai-beaux-arts-societe-architectes-diplomes-par-le-gouvernement-medaille-meilleur-diplome-1954-obverse-cc-by-sa.jpg)
Al-Hariri's Prix du Meilleur Diplôme medal.Other notable winners include British architect Nicholas Grimshaw who was a recipient in 1965.[24]
The 1964 Lawyers Association Credit Union, in Aleppo, was al-Hariri's last major project in Syria.
Wahbi al-Hariri-Rifai and son, Mokhless, Washington, D.C., in 1982.
Al-Hariri, far left, at the Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 1981, at a book launch presentation organized by his publisher, Fratelli Alinari.
The Heritage of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by Wahbi and Mokhless al-Hariri-Rifai, 1990.Awards 1
Architects born in the 1910s 6
About this person
Category
Architects
Type
Architect
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1914 to 1994 · aged 80
Written about in
5 languages
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