Reza Daneshmir

Biography

Iranian architect born in 1965 in Tehran. Graduated in architecture and urban planning from the Iran University of Science and Technology (1991). He taught architecture at Azad University in Tehran, Tabriz, and Hamadan from 1994, while collaborating with leading firms including Jahan-Pars and Shirdel & Associates. His early competition entries — the National Sports Complex (1995-96) and the International Kashan Library Competition in Japan (1996-97) — both received awards. He established his independent practice in 1999, with Gallery Salmaan in Tehran as his first built work. He later co-founded Fluid Motion Architects, which has become one of Iran's most recognized contemporary architecture studios.