Farhad Mortezaee is the founding principal of FARMOR Architecture, an award-winning interdisciplinary practice based in Calgary since 2012. In his spare time, Farhad designs products, engages in graphic design and writes fiction and dream movie scripts. Farhad received an M.Arch from Mashhad Azad University in Iran before pursuing further education at the IIS and the Bartlett, UCL, both in London, UK. His current research at SAPL, the University of Calgary, focuses on how to contribute to international development through empowering fellow practitioners to create their own locally sustainable design solutions. He is a lifelong learner who takes up adjunct and sessional teaching positions at schools of architecture besides a full-time career as an architect.
Farhad has served in numerous voluntary capacities including the Alberta Association of Architects and the Calgary Planning Commission. Farhad has served in various Jamati institutions in Iran, UK and Canada through formal appointments and several TKN assignments including work on numerous Jamatkhana projects. He has designed and donated spaceframe tent schools that were built in South-East Iran and has organized and financed an annually-held design-build competition for young architects in Central Asia. Farhad researched and created the first ever complete 3D reconstruction of Fatimid Cairo through a TKN with the IIS. He also volunteers his time to mentor aspiring local architects who work on various international development projects.
Farhad has offered free education to train newcomer, foreign-trained architects in Canada to learn the context of the practice of architecture, the building code and wood construction details to facilitate a smoother career transition. Farhad is always grateful to his better half, Flora, for her unwavering support, and to his parents who inculcated in him the notion of servant leadership.
Farhad has been named a Fellow of the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada, conferred to architects who have made an exceptional contribution to the field of architecture.
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