Born in 1977 in Tehran, Alireza Taghaboni is an Iranian architect, university professor, and Dean of the Contemporary Architects Association. He holds a Ph.D. in Architecture and is the founder and CEO of NextOffice since 2004. He authored the books Mamas Ba Asar and Duals, and has written numerous specialized articles for domestic and international journals. Taghaboni has won multiple national and international awards, including: • Four first-place awards at the Grand Memar Award • First place at the annual Dorfman Architecture Prize, Royal Academy of London (2018) • Seven first-place awards at the World Architecture Festival (WAF) He has served as a judge in various international competitions, including the Dorfman Architecture Prize (2019) and WAF (2019–2023), as well as the Grand Memar Award (2011, 2016). He has been a keynote speaker at numerous international architectural conferences, including Share Architects.