Azar Architecture Group was founded in 2012 to offer photo and video services to the architecture and construction industry.   

We started with a vision to change the way architecture and the built environment is presented to customers and the general public,

to weave our background in architecture into the presentation and documentation of the architecture.

Since then, Azar Architecture Group has become well-known among architects as the go-to place for high-quality visuals and work

that understand the projects and communicates it to the rest of the world. Our passion for research has also led to us participating in

architecture and heritage research projects, having our work exhibited internationally.

Founder

Farshid Nasrabadi

farshid.nasrabadi@azararch.com
Education

2007 - 2011 | B.Sc. in Architecture | Islamic Azad University Isfahan
Architect and Photographer

2012-present | Co-founder and Photographer | Azar Architecture Group
2020-present | Freelance Artist focused on Photo and Film | SE
2008-2020 | Freelance Photographer and Multimedia Artist | IR
2011-2012 | Director of the Visual Committee | Center for Events in Iranian Architecture | IR
2015-2016 | Tutor | Architectural Photography Workshop | Islamic Azad University - Tehran - Central Branch | IR
2014-2015 | Tutor | Architectural Photography Course | Islamic Azad University - Shahinshahr Branch | IR
2013-2018 | Tutor | Architectural Photography Course | Shahid Beheshti University | IR
Since 2012 | Member of National Iranian Photographers' Society | IR
2011-2012 | Architect and Urban Designer | ATEC Architecture and Urban Design Consultants | IR
2008 - 2010 | Architect and Supervisor in Architecture and Renovation Projects | Polsheer Consultants | IR


Selected Publications in Arts and Research

2022 | HEM Malmö Konstmuseet | Malmö | SE
2022 | The Story of Salma with Samaneh Mohseni in Conference Proceedings: Vernacular Architecture as a Frame of Life | Berlin | DE
2029 | Forty Houses Author: Atefeh Karbasi; Publisher: Tourism & Cultural Heritage Research Center | Tehran | IR
2018 | Contemporary Iranian Architects 1 Author: Negar Hakim; Publisher: IVA Institut für vergleichende Architekturforschung | Vienna | AT
2015 | Modern Architecture in Iran: M. R. Ghaneei Author: Negar Hakim; Publisher: IVA Institut für vergleichende Architekturforschung | Vienna | AT
2012 | Pigeon House, National Inheritance, New Design Method, Old Style in Conference Proceedings of ICOMOS TERRA 2012 Conference | Lima | PER
2010 | Iran’s Industrial Architecture Heritage Author: Leila Pahlevanzadeh; Publisher: Memarkhaneh Bagh Nazar | Isfahan | IR
2009 | Isfahan: City of Pigeon Houses in NAMA: The Journal of Construction Engineering Organization of Isfahan | Isfahan | IR


Selected Exhibitions

2026 | Wistful Hope | Solo Exhibition | Detroit Stockholm Gallery | Stockholm | SE
2025 | Slowed Presence Group exhibition Planket: En bild upplevelse | Stockholm | SE
2025 | Photo Print Market Copenhagen Photo Festival | Copenhagen | DK
2025 | Safely Inside Group exhibition Ungeschoent Wunderschoen | Leipzig | DE
2024 | Analog Visions of Two Worlds Group exhibition Planket: En bild upplevelse | Stockholm | SE
2022 | Let there be sound! Group exhibition | Spor, Rum, Sted | Copenhagen | DK
2022 | Leave Everything Behind Film premiere for CAFx film summer school | Copenhagen | DK
2022 | Leave Everything Behind Group exhibition HEM | Malmö Konstmuseet | Malmö | SE
2022 | Leave Everything Behind Artist talk and Film Screening | Copenhagen | DK
2021 | Leave Everything Behind Online film Premiere | Copenhagen Architecture Festival | Copenhagen | DK
2019 | Home Rebellion Collaboration with Samaneh Moafi | Beit Beirut | Beirut | LB
2018 | Here: Isfahan Ecole Nat Sup Architectur | Paris | FR
2016 | Reporting from the Front 15th Venice Architecture Biennale | Venice | IT
2013 | Self Portrait Group exhibition | Apadana Gallery | Isfahan | IR
2012 | Scar Group exhibition | Apadana Gallery, Isfahan | IR


Awards and Grants

2024 | Work Grant in Visual Arts | The Swedish Arts Grants Committee (Konstnärsnämnden) | SE
2012 | 9th Image of the Year | Honored | Tehran | IR
2011 | 8th Image of the Year | Honored in Mobile Photography | Tehran | IR
2011 | 1st Photo Competition of Society of Theater Photographers | Honored | Tehran | IR
2010 | 6th Image of the Year | Honored | Tehran | IR


Projects

2019‐present | Arne Hendriks and Mediamatic, Artistic Advisor on Pigeon Houses of Isfahan
2018‐present | Sairafianpou family, Photobook and research project on a family photo collection
2018‐present | Azar Architecture Group, Narrative Visual artistic research project 'Memory of the River'

Samaneh Mohseni Hosseinabadi

s.mohseni@azararch.com
Education

2024 | OPI (Of Public Interest) Lab, Advanced Studies, Kungliga Konst Högskola | SE
2022 | MA in Visual Culture, Lund University | SE
2017 | MA in Architectural History and Theory, Shahid Beheshti University | IR
2012 | BSc in Architecture, Isfahan Azad University, Isfahan | IR


Awards and Grants

2024 | Scholarship for Advanced Courses in Architecture Field, Kungl. Konst Högskolan | SE
2023 | Work Grant in Visual Arts, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee (Konstnärsnämnden) | SE
2022 | Britt and Karl Hugo Axelsson’s Award for a thesis of outstanding quality in art history and visual studies | SE
2017 | Degree of Excellence for an MA thesis in Iranian Architectural Studies | IR

Exhibitions and Public Performances

2026 (Upcoming) | “I was an expat myself…” (Second edition) A composition with a chair series at Study For Art Platform | SE
2025 | “Public Neurosis” Sketch Performance at OPI Lab | SE
2024 | “I was an expat myself…” Tiny Park Festival at OPI Lab | SE
2024 | Performance 'Building a Story Live', OPI Lab | SE
2023 | Sound Installation 'Tunnelbana', OPI Lab | SE m
2022 | Artist talk in connection to the film screening of the short film 'Leave Everything Behind' | DK 2022 | Let there be sound! In photo exhibition Spor, Rum, Sted: Stedsans i Fotografiet, Prospekt Gallery | DK
2022 | Leave Everything Behind, In the exhibition HEM, Malmö Konstmuseet | SE
2022 | Talk about Iran's current protests and its photographic nature, Stockholm International Rotary Club | SE
2021 | Copenhagen Architecture Festival, Short film 'Leave Everything Behind', Online film Premiere | DK
2021 | Belonging and Unbelonging Among Afghan Nationals, Globalization in Visual Culture, Lund University | SE
2021 | ET Looking Down, Visual essay at the Environment and Nature Visual Symposium, Lund University | SE

Projects

2024-present | Jonas Dahlberg and OPI Lab, 'Soup for Thouhgt' (Working Title) | SE
2019‐present | Arne Hendriks and Mediamatic, Artistic Advisor on Pigeon Houses of Isfahan | SE
2018‐present | Sairafianpou family, Photobook and research project on a family photo collection | IR
2018‐present | Azar Architecture Group, Narrative Visual artistic research project 'Memory of the River' | SE

Positions

2022- | Freelance Artist and Writer | SE
2020 | Research Assistant, Copenhagen University | DK
2019- | Artistic Advisor, Collaboration with Arne Hendriks and Mediamatic | NL
2019 | Teaching Assistant, Shahid Beheshti University | IR
2017-2019 | Guest Lecturer, Shahid Beheshti University | IR
2018-2019 | Art and Architecture Consultant, Isfahan City Council | IR
2015-2018 | Research Assistant, Shahid Beheshti University | IR
2012 | Film Co-director and Illustrator, Center for Events in Iranian Architecture | IR
2012-2020 | Co-founder and Researcher, Azar Architecture Group | IR
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