VAHID GHOBADIAN

Islamic Azad University

Ohio State University, USA, 1976-1981, Bachelor of Science in Architecture.

Catholic University of America, USA summer of 1980, won the Max Black award for the Best Metaphor.

Ohio State University, USA, 1981-1983 Master of Architecture. Minor in City and Regional Planning.

Azad Islamic University, 1995-1999, Ph.D. in Architecture,

Taught at several different Universities for the past twenty-seven years in Iran and abroad. Researcher of the year 2005 of the Islamic Azad University. The head of the architectural department of the Islamic Azad University in Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2006-2011.

Associate professor at Islamic Azad University, Tehran Branch, has taught Architectural Design Studio, History and theory of Architecture, Contemporary and Sustainable Architecture.

Member of the International Energy Agency, SHC Task 28/BSC Annex 38 project, had lectures in Sustainable Solar Housing Seminars in Australia, England and France as well as the University of Rome. 

Lectures in various Universities, architectural organizations, and governmental agencies in Iran and Dubai about traditional, sustainable and contemporary architecture.                            

Established White Architecture consultant in Tehran-1994, in the summer of 1999 the consultant won the best award for the Solar Office Building Design competition in the city of Yazd.

Head of Jury members of several national and international architectural competitions since 2017, Member of the board and head of the architectural expert group of construction engineering organization of Tehran Province since 2017. 

Published more than eighty architectural papers in peer-reviewed ISI journals, architectural magazines, university and professional Journals.

The list of published books is:

Climatic Analysis of the Traditional Iranian Buildings 1995, Theories and Concepts in the Contemporary Western Architecture 2003, Bioclimatic Housing, Innovative Designs for Warmer Climates (co-author) 2008, Styles and Concepts in Contemporary Iranian Architecture 2016, Tradition and Modernity in the Contemporary Architecture of Tehran During Naseredin Shah Period 2018, Sustainable Traditional Buildings of Iran, A Climatic Analysis 2020