Nastaran Mousavi

Nastaran is a licensed architect and co-founder of Studio BANAA, an architecture and design firm based in San Francisco, California - focused on hospitality and public projects. Being a first generation immigrant herself, she has a passion for working closely with nonprofit and community groups from diverse backgrounds, to provide a high level of design tailored specifically to the client’s unique and rich history, culture, and story.

As the acting Design Director at Studio BANAA, Nastaran oversees all aspects of the creative design process. This role enables her to navigate clients and internal staff, to challenge and push creative boundaries, and to act as a consistent voice for all projects that come through the studio. The projects she has led and designed have been featured on platforms such as Hospitality Design Magazine, Interior Design Magazine, DesignMilk, Architect Magazine and ArchDaily.

Aside from leading the design direction in the studio, she has been active as a juror at the Academy of Art University, California College of the Arts, UC Berkeley, AIA East Bay Design Awards and others. She is a board member of Deborah Slater Dance Theater in San Francisco, taking an active role in the local art and dance community.

Architecture 100C: Architecture Design III