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Arash G Tehrani, is a young Iranian Architect, Designer and University lecturer, whose projects were recognized and published worldwide and translated into different languages. Beside international attention in architectural magazines, books, and websites; he's been selected in ARCHITECT Magazine's list of "50 most Influential Architects from the Middle East", and “The Architect of the Season” by ArchLine Magazine. He is a 7-time nominee of Middle East Architect Awards since 2014 for several categories, such as “YOUNG ARCHITECT of the YEAR”; Shortlisted for “Asia Architecture Awards 2016” in Vienna, shortlisted in 16th and 21st World Architecture Awards and the semi-finalist in Grand Me’mar Awards. His works also were exhibited in 56th Venice Art Biennale 2015, in Iran pavilion, and several other exhibitions around the world. In addition to working on personal projects since 2008, and participating in competitions, he has designed a different variety of projects in size and type for several architectural firms as the design architect.

His practice of architecture includes many types of projects, ranging from small monumental projects to Cultural, Sports Complexes, Residential complexes and also Concept projects. He is also experienced in music, abstract painting, and Photography, as a result of which he has achieved some architecture photography awards and honors.

From 2013, he has worked as a Lecturer at Islamic Azad University & EYC. Also, as an Architect, he is working on a design process research which is called “Attribute-oriented Architecture”, which was examined on some of his professional projects, however, it should be mentioned that it’s an ultra-Architecture philosophical point of view.

• Sustainable Architectural Design.
•  challenges and opportunities in smart city designs.
• evolution of architecture  within specific cultural contexts including aspects of politics, society, religion and climate.
• dynamic interface between man and his environment through its constituent aspects and elements in Architecture.
• principles of architectural design.

Ar. Junaid Ahmed Khan - LEED AP ID+C - Int'l. Assoc. AIA

My Architectural Design focus mainly tends towards two major areas;

1. Research and practice in computational and parametric design. I'm currently experimenting and research in the most advanced parametric design tools while aiming to integrate these tools with important architectural design aspects such as shape and topology optimization, environmental and structural analysis. 

2. Advanced Sustainable Design, for this reason I've been accredited as Pakistan's first LEED AP in Interior Design + Construction. My focus in this area is majorly on the latest construction technology and source material reduction in buildings.

 Integration between social urban spaces and indoors architectural ones.

Space, Form