Education
University of Westminster.
University of Westminster.
He received his Diploma in Architecture from the University of Westminster, London in 1986. Before setting up his own practice, Sagharchi was for 15 years the Senior Associate at Porphyrios Associates, a firm whose work follows the principles of traditional architecture and urbanism. He has been responsible for a number of high-profile projects.
These include master-planning in commercial, resort/leisure and private residential sector in the United Kingdom, Europe, North America and the Middle East.Notable among these projects are master plans for residential resorts in Croatia and Romania, Embassies in Mayfair and Belgravia, London, a Palace complex in Madrid and masterplanning of equestrian facilities in Spain and major residences in the middle-east.
He was formerly the senior associate in charge at the firm of Porphyrios Associates for projects including the New Qandrangle and Theatre for Magdalen College in Oxford, the Kings Cross regeneration preliminary master plan in London, Princeton University Whitman College master plan, office buildings in Athens, Reading and Birmingham, England and luxury hotels in Germany, Greece and Egypt. His Danube Delta Resort project was distinguished and selected for exhibition by the judges at the Philippe Rotthier European Prize for Architecture.
Alireza has taught at the Prince of Wales" Institute of Architecture, and held masterclasses at The Princes Foundation and visiting critic and lectures at the University of Notre Dame its Rome Programme. He is a Built Environment Expert (Bachelor of Electrical Engineering) at Design Council, CABE, and is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Alireza has written a number of books and publications, most recently New Palladians, Modernity and Sustainability for the 21st Century, Company-Author with Lucien Steil.
Alireza"s latest book explores the global resurgence of Traditional Architecture published by Rizzoli titled Contemporary Classical Architects Timeless Architecture for the Twenty-First Century, has a Foreword by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales and a Preface by Leon Krier. Lectures
Masterclass for the Princes Foundation - Conception of Architecture as Commodity
University of Notre Dame – The Durable & The Disposable
Royal Institute of British Architects, South – Winchester –Tradition in Architecture & Urban Design
Masterclass for the Princes Foundation – Traditional Urban Design & Architecture
INTBAU, Buildings by Hand
Articles
Royal Institute of British Architects Journal, May 2010
Designer, August 2010
Prince’s Foundation News Publication, January 2010
Architects Journal, May 2009
Jutarnjilist, Dubrovnik, Sipan island Project, July 2008
Luxury Hotelier, November 2007
Architecture Today, Danube Delta, February 2006
The Independent, Danube Delta, June 2005
The Mail on Sunday, Danube Delta, July 2005
Architecture Today, Danube Delta, March 2004
The Times, House in Knightsbridge, 12 December 2003
The Times, House in Knightsbridge, 8 March 2003
Exhibitions
Real Architecture, London
Traditional Architecture Group at The Prince’s Foundation
Other Architecture, European Prize for Architecture, Architecture Foundation, Brussels
The Venice Biennale Architecture, INTBAU Exhibition, Italy
New Palladians, The Prince’s Foundation, London
New Palladians, Gorcums Museum, Holland
New Palladians, University of Notre Dame, United States.A.
He is a founder member and the current Chairman of the Traditional Architecture Group at the Royal Institute of British Architects He is a member of the Prince"s Foundation, a trustee of the International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture & Urbanism (INTBAU), whose patron is His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, and sits on the Casework Panel of the Georgian Group.