AD Interviews: Mehrdad Yazdani
A few weeks ago we were in LA for Postopolis!, and we toured around the city visiting interesting practices. One of our biggest surprises was Yazdani Studio. We started to see this firm because of their buildings for the Ordos project, so we decided to visit their offices and interview the principal, Mehrdad Yazdani.
Mehrdad Yazdani (BA Arch U Texas at Austin, M Arch at Harvard GSD) is a principal at Cannon Design, an international firm with several offices in the US and abroad. A big corporate office, with all the pros and cons it has. Given this, Mehrdad started Yazdani Studio as a small laboratory that benefits from the reach and resources of a large international practice, with the flexibility of a smaller design studio. This in-between position has allowed Yazdani Studio to work on several scales. Something I really liked when i visited their office was the large amount of test models I saw laying around for every project, a proof of the amount of experimentation at the practice.
Some of Yazdani Studio projects include the recent renovation of the Museum of Tolerance (and a 2nd phase that will be completed next), the UCSD Price Center, a new campus for Tata Motors and several institutional buildings. Yazdani Studio was also one of the first practices to start working in Ordos -before the Ordos 100 project- with a Villa currently under construction. Also, Yazdani Studio is developing a restaurant and a concert hall, as supporting programs for the cultural district envisioned for this emerging city on the Mongolian desert.
Well, enough with my intro. Just watch the interview.
Some pictures of our visit to the practice after the break.
Great interview! And thanks for posting the studio pics…its always nice to see what the office looks like. If you like his work, you should check out his monograph…his paintings and drawings are amazing. I’m surprised he didn’t mention that…this guys great!
OMG!!
i’m sooooooooooo proud! wow!
so glad to see such a successful Iranian Architect in practice in US!
may good spirit and luck be with u all in Yazdani studio.
wink
زنده باد…
بابا دمت گرم مهرداد،تو افتخارمایی…
این خیلی عالیه، درود بر مهرداد یزدانی
salam aghaye yazdani ehsan hastam az esfahan mikhastam bishtar ba shoma ashna besham architectam va 5 saleke tarrahiye herfeii mikonam amadeye hargune hamkari ba shoma hastam baese eftekhare bande hast
thank you for such a good interview.I’m really proud of Mr.Yazdani and studying architecture.
wow! now i can say that im a big fan, M.r Yazdani… this is incredible that an architect from iran can be so successful like this! im really proud… i hope the bests for all iranian architects and to be as famous as the ancient iran architects again…
اصلا معماری ایرانی تو مایش نی
مایه افتخاره ما ایرانیهاست . واقعا خسته نباشید
6:24 PM Jun 10th
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9:49 PM Jun 10th
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