Behzad Nakhjavan

EDUCATION
Master of Architecture, Washington University in St. Louis, 1984
Bachelor of Architecture, Mississippi State University, 1981

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
Member, American Institute of Architects
Registered Architect, Florida and Missouri
Member, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture

Behzad Nakhjavan is Professor Emeritus of Architecture in the Auburn University School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture. He taught architectural design studio, design and theory seminars, drawing seminars, lighting seminars and a university core class in the art of architecture, place and culture. Nakhjavan also led study abroad in Rome and Vicenza, Italy, Istanbul, Turkey and Scandinavia.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Creative work: Principal of BNS Design Studio, an architectural office primarily involved in critical practice for the past 30 years having received six major regional and national American Institute of Architects Awards of Excellence for superior design projects.

Research: Involved in translation of poetry of 12th century Persian Poet "Rumi" into experiential and representational charcoal drawings. This research has been presented in at Imperial College London, American University (Paris, France) and Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon, Portugal.