Raha Talebi: Restraint + Abandon | Architecture Lecture

Raha Talebi is serving as the 2024 Joseph Esherick Visiting Professor of Practice. In 2016, she co-founded international architecture and design practice Vantieghem Talebi in collaboration with Paul Vantieghem. Vantieghem Talebi’s work plays with a breadth of scales, ranging from The Carved House — a single-family house designed from the inside out — to projects that demand new perceptions of the city, such as The Stack—a mixed-use tower with alternating typologies. Prior to establishing Vantieghem Talebi, Talebi was senior architect with Herzog & de Meuron, serving as project manager for the M+ Museum and Offices in Hong Kong and The Powerhouse Arts in Brooklyn, New York, among other international projects. She received her BArch from Cooper Union and MArch from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. This fall at Berkeley, Talebi is teaching in the ARCH 100C studio.After obtaining her BArch from Cooper Union, Talebi continued her studies at Harvard GSD, graduating with the MArch II degree. She previously worked with international practices such as FOA in London and Herzog & de Meuron in Basel. As a Senior Architect with Herzog & de Meuron, Talebi was Project Manager for various international projects with a focus on cultural programs, including the M+ Museum and Offices in Hong Kong as well as The Powerhouse Arts in Brooklyn, New York. Talebi is registered with SIA, the Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects.