Safoura Zahedi
Safoura Zahedi
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M.Arch, BID, MRAIC
Safoura Zahedi is a Toronto-based architect, artist, and educator. Her interdisciplinary practice blends art and architecture, craft and technology, spirituality and materiality, using geometry as a spiritual design tool to create spatial experiences that inspire connection. Her research-based eponymous studio focuses on reinterpreting historic geometric patterns into contemporary architectural spaces, installations, and public art through innovative digital craft techniques.
Her work has been featured in The Globe and Mail, Azure, Dezeen, and Designlines among others, supported by the Ontario Arts Council, and recognized by Canada’s 2024 Women’s Empowerment Awards. She lectures on design and digital fabrication at Toronto Metropolitan University and on the history of Islamic geometric arts in architecture at the King’s Foundation School of Traditional Arts in London (UK).
Previously, she spent a decade leading award-winning projects at renowned Canadian firms including Moriyama & Teshima and Superkül. Her diverse portfolio ranges from winning international competitions on cultural projects such as the Dubai Archaeology Museum in the UAE, to new-build educational buildings like the Mulroney Institute of Government at StFX University, and interior renovations of iconic institutional landmarks including the CN Tower and Robarts Library.
Safoura is a passionate member of Toronto’s arts and culture community and spent a decade as Programs Coordinator at DesignTO, organizing Canada’s largest annual design festival. A committed advocate for diversity in design, Safoura currently serves on the Executive Committee of Building Equality in Architecture Toronto (BEAT), co-leading the annual BEAT Forum.
