
2025/09/12
UNIQ Hotels!
Majara Residence - Earth-Built Domes Rise From Persian Gulf Sands to Revive Forgotten Island
Presence in Hormuz 2 is published on UNIQ Hotels. ...

2025/09/05
MULTIPURPOSE OASIS
Article published on METALOCUS: Multipurpose oasis. Majara Residence and community redevelopment;
Iranian architecture practice ZAV architects was commissioned to design a multipurpose space on the Iranian island of Hormuz, located in the ...

2025/09/03
Aga Khan Award for Architecture Winner!
ZAV Architects won the 2025 Aga Khan Award for Architecture for their project, Majara Residence and Community Redevelopment on Hormuz Island, Iran. This colorful, dome-based complex uses local materials to provide sustainable housing and de ...

2025/06/28
Arquitectura y Empresa
Presence in Hormuz 2 is published on Arquitectura y Empresa platform.
Superadobe architecture and colored domes to regenerate the community. ZAV Architects designs the Majara Residence on Hormuz, the Rainbow Island, a complex of colored do ...

2025/06/25
DATUM:KL 2025 Speaker
Mohamadreza Ghodousi spoke at DATUM:KL, part of the prestigious Kuala Lumpur Architecture Festival (KLAF), addressing an audience of over 2,000 people.
His lecture highlighted ZAV Architects’ approach, exploring how architecture can exist ...


2025/06/05
Majara Complex and Community Redevelopment shortlisted AKAA 2025
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA) today announced 19 shortlisted projects for the 2025 Award cycle. The projects will compete for a share of the $1 million prize, one of the largest in architecture. The 19 shortlisted projects were ...

2025/05/11
Launch of PAZ 02
At the "Bukhara Tuesday Evenings" event and in the presence of Ali Dehbashi, the book PAZ 02: The Architects Together Yearbook was officially unveiled.
During the ceremony, Mohammadreza Ghodousi focused on the articles published in PAZ 02, ...

2025/05/07
FINALIST – Best Local Firm - Architizer A+Awards 2025
Architizer is thrilled to announce that the Finalists for the 13th Annual A+Awards have been chosen.
We’re proud to share that ZAV Architects has been selected as a Finalist in the Best Local Firm category, one of only five firms worldwide ...

2025/05/01
Keynote Speaker!
At the opening of the Uncompetition Red 2 event, Mohammadreza Ghodousi, as the keynote speaker, delivered a lecture titled Blue, offering a reflection on the experiential approach and conceptual thinking of ZAV Architects in the architectur ...