Ahmad Zohadi (Persian: احمد زهادی) is an Iranian architecture scholar, publisher and researcher. Currently, he is the CEO and editor-in-chief of architectural magazine 2A Magazine.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Ahmad Zohadi
Born (1969-05-02) 2 May 1969 (age 54)
Iran
Occupation
  • Architecture publisher
  • theoretician
  • researcher
  • author
EducationCivil Engineer, Master of Architecture
Alma materTehran Azad University, Dubai Azad University
Notable work2A Magazine, 2A Continental Architectural Awards
SpouseNegin Farokh[1]
Website
ahmadzohadi.com

He is also the founder and chief editor of ‘Architecture & Construction’, a Persian quarterly magazine, published since 2003, and distributed in Iran.[12]

Early life edit

Education edit

Ahmad was born in Tehran. On completion of his primary and secondary education, he attended Karaj Islamic Azad University in the year 1992 for Civil & Structure Engineering.[1] Simultaneously, he was editor and publisher of Tehran-based Architecture and Construction Magazine & 2A Magazine.

Personal edit

Ahmad has been known to show keen interest in photography right from his childhood. He got involved in architecture and construction after associating himself with architectural journalism.[13] He got married in the year 2013 to Negin Farrokh. Together, they have a son named Radan.

Appreciations and recognitions edit

  • Arab Engineering Schooling Bureau & Harvard Design School [14]
  • United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO Chair in Islamic Architectural University of Tehran
  • ECO Cultural Institute Headquarters, Tehran
  • The Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi, Institute For Architecture And Environmental Studies
  • The Catholic University of America, School of Architecture and planning
  • College of Architecture + Planning, The University of Utah
  • Centre of Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University
  • North Carolina State University a land-grant university and a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina
  • Al Ahmadiah - Contracting & Trading
  • Nakheel, Retail Shopping Malls
  • Canadian University of Dubai
  • Centre for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University

2A Magazine edit

He is the current CEO and editor-in-chief of 2A magazine.[15][16] It is an architectural magazine dedicated to different provincial architectures of the world, being distributed all through Middle East Asia.

2A Continental Architectural Awards edit

Ahmad Zohadi is the founder, organizer and director of 2A Continental Architectural Awards organized since 2015 – award organized under the banner of the 2A magazine. The first award was the 2A Asia Architecture Award 2015, held on July 15, 2015 at Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul.[17]

Film career and interviews edit

He produced a documentary in 2012 on Indo-Iranian culture, history and architecture, which he wrote, produced and directed.[18] He has also interviewed a number of famous personalities like Foster and Partners, Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi, Sergei Tchoban, Seung H-Sang, Bahram Shirdel, Richard S. Levine and John Alexander Smith.[19]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Ahmad Zohadi: Uniting World Through Architecture". buzzfeed.com. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  2. ^ "2A Continental Architectural Awards for Asia and Europe 2018". nbc-2.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-29. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  3. ^ "12 Iranian Projects Win Asia Architecture Awards". financialtribune.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-08.
  4. ^ "Winners announced for 2A Asia Architecture Awards 2016". worldarchitecture.org. 9 November 2016. Archived from the original on 8 December 2017.
  5. ^ "2A Continental Architectural Awards for Asia and Europe 2018". bustler.net. Archived from the original on 2018-04-29.
  6. ^ "2A Continental Architectural Awards for Asia and Europe 2018". worldarchitecture.org. Archived from the original on 2018-04-29.
  7. ^ "Ahmad Zohadi". ir.linkedin.com.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "News details". 2amagazine.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-29. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  9. ^ Aghasi, Pejman (October 2003). iUniverse Rediff Books Flipkart Infibeam. ISBN 9780595298297. Archived from the original on 2018-04-29.
  10. ^ Aghasi, Pejman (August 2007). Love: the Most Precious Gift of Life:the By Pejman Aghasi. ISBN 9780595452552. Archived from the original on 2018-04-29.
  11. ^ "2A Magazine and Awards: Transforming Global Architecture for Better". newsdailyarticles.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-29.
  12. ^ "Asia Art & Architecture Award in October". news-en.aruna.ir. Archived from the original on 2017-12-08.
  13. ^ "Ahmad Zohadi Issue 9 - Pages 136-139". 2A Magazine. Archived from the original on 9 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  14. ^ "Ahmad Zohadi: A Person of Letters". scalar.usc.edu.
  15. ^ "Asia Art & Architecture Award in October" Archived 2017-12-08 at the Wayback Machine, news-en.aruna.ir 7 December 2017
  16. ^ "Winners Announced For 2A Asia Architecture Awards 2016" Archived 2017-12-08 at the Wayback Machine, www.worldarchitecture.org
  17. ^ "2A Asia Architecture Award 2015: "The Emergence of Contemporary Architecture in Asia"". Arch Daily. Archived from the original on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  18. ^ "Indo-Iranian Culture, History and Architecture". imdb. Archived from the original on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  19. ^ "Interviews by Ahmad Zohadi, published in 2A Magazine". 2amagazine.com. Archived from the original on 2018-07-27. Retrieved 2018-07-27.

External links edit