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PROJECT LIST ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1990-2008: Managing Director of Ali Kermanian & Associates,architectural design and development,Tehran,with nearly 160

Farrokh Derakhshani is an Iranian architect and the Director of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, a position he has held since joining the organization in 1982. Over more than four decades with the Award, he has shaped its direction and brought together architects, builders, and planners from across the Muslim world and beyond. Derakhshani trained as an architect and urban planner at the National University of Iran (1970-1978) and later continued his studies at the School of Architecture in Paris (UP1). His professional work has encompassed the design and construction management of large-scale public works and infrastructure projects in Iran, as well as architectural design in Paris and Geneva. His primary field of specialization is the contemporary architecture of Muslim societies. He has organized and participated in numerous international seminars, colloquia, and professional workshops addressing architecture in Muslim contexts. He has served as a jury member and lecturer at architecture schools across Europe, Africa, and Asia. In 2018, he was named an International Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in recognition of his contributions to the global architectural discourse. He is the editor or author of nine books and has published over sixty articles in international journals and monographs. In Iran, he served on the jury of the 7th Memar Award (2007).

Faryar Javaherian is an Iranian architect, curator, and author. Born in Mashhad, she was raised in Paris and educated in the United States, earning a Bachelor of Architecture with High Honors from the University of Texas at Austin in 1973, followed by a Master's in Urban Design from MIT and Harvard in 1976. She co-founded Gamma Consultants in 2004 with Fereydoun Bader, establishing the practice as a leading office in museum and Persian garden design in Iran. Her major built works include the Iranian Calligraphers Society Complex and Gardens (1995-1997), the Venus Glass Office Building (2005-2006), and the Aghdassieh Apartment Complex in Tehran (2007). She won the 2009 competition for the new French School in Tehran and completed the Calligraphy Museum of Iran in 2018. Beyond architecture, Javaherian has curated numerous exhibitions spanning architecture, landscape, photography, and cinema. She has worked as an art director and set decorator for ten Iranian films including Hamoon and The Pear Tree, cult classics of Iranian cinema directed by Dariush Mehrjui. She served on the Master Jury of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2010 and on the jury of the 7th Memar Award (2007). In 2013, she received the Best Designer Award from Miras, and in 2014 she was named Architect of the Year by Memari & Sakhteman Magazine. She was a Visiting Scholar at MIT (2014-2015) and has lectured at Oxford, Cambridge, and Stanford. She is the author of Gardens of Iran: Ancient Wisdom, New Visions (2004) and Thirty Years of Solitude (2007), and a contributor and editor of Memar Magazine.

Iraj Kalantari Taleghani (b. 1938, Tehran) is a renowned contemporary Iranian architect. He graduated with an MA in Architecture from the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran in 1964. In 1974 he founded Bavand Consultants, where he still holds the position of chairman of the board. With over 20 years of teaching experience at the University of Tehran, Azad University, and the University of Science & Technology. In 2005 he was selected as Architect of the Year by the Society of Iranian Architects.

Mohsen Padidar was an Iranian architect, urban planner, and educator with over three decades of professional experience in design and construction. He graduated in architecture and urban planning from Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran and served as a faculty member at its College of Architecture. He was the managing director of Padideh-ye Khak Consulting Engineers, through which he contributed to numerous architectural and urban development projects across Iran. Padidar served on the jury of the 7th Memar Award (2007), which focused on public buildings.