Alireza Sagharchi
Alireza Sagharchi RIBA FRSA (born 1959) is a United Kingdom-Iranian architect.[1] He received his Diploma in Architecture from the University of Westminster, London in 1986. Before setting up his own practice, Sagharchi was for 15 years the Senior Associate at Porphyrios Associates, a firm whose work follows the principles of traditional architecture and urbanism.
He has been responsible for a number of high-profile projects. These include master-planning in the commercial, resort/leisure and private residential sectors in the United Kingdom, Europe, North America and the Middle East. Notable among these projects are master plans for residential resorts in Croatia and Romania, Embassies in Mayfair and Belgravia, London, a Palace complex in Madrid and masterplanning of equestrian facilities in Spain and major residences in the middle-east.
He was formerly the senior associate in charge at the firm of Porphyrios Associates for projects including the New Quadrangle and Theatre for Magdalen College in Oxford, the Kings Cross regeneration preliminary master plan in London, Princeton University Whitman College master plan, office buildings in Athens, Reading and Birmingham, England and luxury hotels in Germany, Greece and Egypt. His Danube Delta Resort project was distinguished and selected for exhibition by the judges at the Philippe Rotthier European Prize for Architecture.
Alireza has taught at the Prince of Wales' Institute of Architecture, and held masterclasses at The Prince's Foundation and lectured and been visiting critic at the University of Notre Dame's Rome Programme. He is a founder member and the current Chairman of the Traditional Architecture Group at the R.I.B.A. He is a member of The Prince's Foundation, a trustee of the International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture & Urbanism (INTBAU), whose patron is the Prince of Wales, and sits on the Casework Panel of the Georgian Group. He is a Built Environment Expert (BEE) at the Design Council and the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, and is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Alireza has written a number of books and publications, most recently New Palladians, Modernity and Sustainability for the 21st Century, Co-Author with Lucien Steil. Alireza's latest book explores the global resurgence of Traditional Architecture published by Rizzoli titled Contemporary Classical Architects Timeless Architecture for the Twenty-First Century, has a foreword by the Prince of Wales and a preface by Leon Krier.
Books
- New Palladians, Modernity and Sustainability for the 21st Century, Co-Author with Lucien Steil, Rizzoli, 2013
- Building Classical, A Vision of Europe and America, participant
Lectures, Articles, and Exhibitions
Lectures
- Masterclass for The Prince's Foundation - Conception of Architecture as Commodity
- University of Notre Dame – The Durable & The Disposable
- RIBA, South – Winchester –Tradition in Architecture & Urban Design
- Masterclass for the Prince's Foundation – Traditional Urban Design & Architecture
- INTBAU, Buildings by Hand
Articles
- RIBA Journal, May 2010
- Designer, August 2010
- Prince's Foundation News Publication, January 2010
- Architects Journal, May 2009
- Jutarnjilist, Dubrovnik, Sipan island Project, July 2008
- Luxury Hotelier, November 2007
- Architecture Today, Danube Delta, February 2006
- The Independent, Danube Delta, June 2005
- Architecture Today, Danube Delta, March 2004
- The Times, House in Knightsbridge, 12 December 2003
- The Times, House in Knightsbridge, 8 March 2003
Exhibitions
- Real Architecture, London
- Traditional Architecture Group at The Prince's Foundation
- Other Architecture, European Prize for Architecture, Architecture Foundation, Brussels
- The Venice Biennale Architecture, INTBAU Exhibition, Italy
- New Palladians, The Prince's Foundation, London
- New Palladians, Gorcums Museum, Holland
- New Palladians, University of Notre Dame, U.S.A.
