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Publications and research

Architecture begins with understanding people and place before it becomes a building. Two books co-authored by Hassan Taheri and Shokoufeh Zaheri, one on the social life of the Iranian bazaar and one on rural tourism, are part of that path.

One studies the city and community, the other nature and the tourism destination. Both share an attention to human experience and the cultural and environmental context of architecture.

From research to project

These books are part of the authors' intellectual background. Their relation to Azhianeh projects is a continuation of shared concerns, not a claim that projects were designed directly from the books.

Shahin Mall commercial complex design, Isfahan
Shahin Mall, commercial complex in Isfahan

Shahin Mall: the Iranian bazaar and contemporary commercial architecture

Shahin Mall's lattice envelope, open levels and reference to Iranian geometry carry the commercial-complex book's questions into a design: how can a market be a place to move, pause and meet?

Shahin Mall pageThe commercial complex book

  • Z TOWNHOUSE: shared living

    Walkability, shared spaces, units' relation to landscape and the scale of living.

  • KADIR: staying in the mountains

    Scale of stay, mountain slope, landscape, materials and calm.

  • Rokan Sense, Mahmoudabad: coastal living

    The experience of living, sea views and shared spaces at the scale of a coastal tower.

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  • Azhianeh tourism projects

    Sense of place, environmental study, feasibility, architecture and operation together.

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Authors

Hassan Taheri, architect and developer, and Shokoufeh Zaheri, architect and researcher, co-authored both books.

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