[1][2] The Hariri sisters came to the US from Iran in the 1970s to study architecture at Cornell University.
[3] The sisters have also designed jewelry collections inspired by their architecture work for Swarovski including a 'Kryptonite' crystal that they created.
[7] The firm's work ranges in scale from architecture, master plans, and interiors, to product design and furniture.
[15] In 2005, Hariri & Hariri won the Academy Award in Architecture at the American Academy of Arts and Letters Awards,[16] and was inducted into the Design Hall of Fame sponsored by Interior Design Magazine.
[18] The firm won the American Architecture Award 2015 from the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture & Design for its housing development in Salzburg, Austria called Jewels of Salzburg.