(i) · The Studio · Est. MMIX
A practice
of patient making.
Founded in 2009, Rezvani Group works between Los Angeles, Tehran and Vancouver. Our drawings are slow. Our buildings are slower.
We accept a small number of commissions each year · residences, cultural institutions, and the occasional pavilion · chosen for the depth of conversation they invite, not the speed of their delivery.
The studio is a workshop in the literal sense: full-scale mockups, hand-mixed plasters, models built three times before the first cut of stone. We believe craftsmanship is a moral position before it is an aesthetic one.
Founded
2009
Principals
2
Studio Size
14 architects
Active Projects
11
Built Works
27
Awards
9 international
(ii) · Principles
Three measures by which we judge a building.
Material.
We design through full-scale mockups. Plaster, board-formed concrete, oxidised bronze · the joint is the ornament.
Light.
Each room is tuned to a single quality of daylight. Section before plan, shadow before surface.
Time.
Buildings are slow. We accept few commissions, draw at half speed, and prefer twenty years of weather to twenty months of press.
(iii) · Process
Four movements, repeated for every commission.
- 01
Listening
Six to twelve weeks of site, climate and conversation. No drawings.
- 02
Drawing
Three concurrent schemes pursued at 1:200, then a single direction at 1:50.
- 03
Making
Material studies and full-scale mockups. The joint is built before it is detailed.
- 04
Settling
Construction administration weekly on site. We stay until the building is quiet.
(iv) · Recognition
- 2024AR House AwardKavir House · Shortlist
- 2024Wallpaper* Design AwardsBest Private House
- 2023Dezeen AwardsCultural Building of the Year
- 2023Architectural RecordDesign Vanguard
- 2022AIA CaliforniaHonor Award
- 2021World Architecture FestivalFuture Project