About — Ali Behbahani Studio

Ali Behbahani is an architect, interior designer, and urban researcher working across architectural practice, spatial planning, and academic teaching. He holds a PhD in Spatial Planning and Urban Development from Politecnico di Milano (2018) and a Master's in Urban Vision and Architectural Design from Domus Academy Milan and the University of Wales (2008). He held visiting doctoral research positions at Columbia University GSAPP, New York (2014) and the American University of Sharjah (2013).

His academic career spans institutions in Iran, Italy, and Turkey. Between 2009 and 2011 he served as lecturer and thesis coordinator in the Master's programme in Urban Vision and Architectural Design at Domus Academy Milan, to which he later returned as visiting lecturer. He has also taught at Politecnico di Milano, Tarbiat Modares University, Pars University of Architecture and Art, and Yeditepe University in Istanbul, contributing to graduate seminars, studio instruction, and undergraduate thesis supervision in architecture and urban planning.

Alongside his academic work, Behbahani has collaborated in professional practice with Studio 5+1AA, Studio Barreca & La Varra, and Noname Studio in Milan, and Pars Boom Studio in Tehran, across architectural design, interior design, and urban planning. In 2018 he founded Ali Behbahani Studio, an independent practice he continues to direct, with a focus on architecture, interior design, and urban studies, and an active project portfolio spanning Italy, the United Kingdom, the United States, and beyond.

Individual Collaborators

- Arch. Zahra Mohammadi (Senior Architect & Interior Designer)
- Arch. Nasrin Eslami (Architectural Visualizer)

Former Individual Collaborators

- Fatima Khoshrou
(Social Media & Project Coordinator)
- Arch. Saba Abdolshahi (Senior Architect & Interior Designer)

- Arch. Farnoush Hemati
(Senior Architect & Interior Designer)