Raha Talebi

Raha obtained her Bachelor of Architecture Professional Degree from The Cooper Union for Art and Architecture. She continued her studies at The Harvard Graduate School of Design, graduating MArch II, Master in Architecture. She previously worked with FOA in London, UK and Herzog de Meuron in Basel, Switzerland where she worked amongst other projects, on the M+ Museum and Offices in Hong Kong as well as The Powerhouse Arts in Brooklyn. A lecturer at UCLA and the 2024 Esherick Visting Professor at UC Berkeley, she is invested in writing, teaching, and the pursuit of built work.

Together with Paul Vantieghem, Raha is a co-founder of Vantieghem Talebi, an international architecture and design practice dedicated to the betterment of design environments of all sizes and things of beauty. Their ongoing projects span various programs and scales, ranging from exhibitions, private residences, industrial developments to large-scale headquarters and urban masterplans.