“Arshia Architects is a collective of designers and creative thinkers dedicated to optimizing experiences between sentient and non-sentient domains.”
MEET US
ARSHIA MAHMOODI
PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT
ARSHIA@ARSHIA.NET
Arshia Mahmoodi is the recipient of several design awards including being 3-time recipient of the prestigious American Institute of Architects Award in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Architecture Award and the Japan Architect Award. His work has been published in the United States, Iran, Italy, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Austria, South Korea, China and Japan. His project for the Bobco Metals Company garnered acclamation, including being published as one of the prominent designs in the City of Los Angeles in ‘LA2000+’ a book by Monacelli Press and one of the most ‘Notable Office Designs of Year’ by Architype Review. In 2010 his project VOXEL – a large interactive façade on the Sunset Blvd. in West Hollywood was included in the 2010 ACADIA (Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture) conference and exhibition at the Copper Union School of Architecture in NY. In 2013 his firm was rigorously selected by the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) as one of the participants in the first retrospective exhibition on Contemporary Architecture in Southern California assembled around the top 35 radical practices to emerge within the past twenty-five years, including Gehry Partners, Morphosis and Neil M. Denari Architects. In 2015, he was selected as the Jury for the grand Memar Prize, the most notable architectural award in Iran. He has lectured in the US and Iran and has been a guest critic at SCI-Arc, CalPoly Pomona, University of Southern California, Woodbury University and the Los Angeles Institute of Architecture and Design.
XINLEI LI
PROJECT DIRECTOR
XINLEI@ARSHIA.NET
Xinlei Li servers in the role of Project Director of Arshia Architects. In years of practice as an architectural designer and project manager, Xinlei has involved in multiple projects that range from high-rise residential, mixed-use, adaptive re-use, and commercial revitalization.
He is noted for his ability to represent a client’s long-term interests relative to planning, design and stewardship, and synthesizing these needs as part of a fast-paced collaborative and multi-disciplinary project team. He is experienced, has the ability to obtain project entitlements and has worked with a variety of consultants.
YUHENG HUANG
PROJECT DESIGNER
YUHENG@ARSHIA.NET
Yuheng Huang is a project designer in Arshia Architects, he is involved in multiple projects that range from high-rise residential, mixed-use, adaptive re-use, and commercial revitalization. He is noted for his ability to design and complete projects with precision and outstanding aesthetic.
He is noted for his ability to work with and incorporate multiple 3D software as well as visual rendering engine. After graduated from undergraduate in Taiwan, Yuheng worked in Taipei, Taiwan for four years, through that experience he is able to understand, control and complete a wide variety of different range of project. He is experienced with producing all information and documents needed to obtaining project entitlements.
ZHISHAN LIU
PROJECT DESIGNER
ZHISHAN@ARSHIA.NET
Zhishan Liu is a project designer at Arshia Architects. Zhishan has experience in projects spanning residential, educational, commercial, and various other types. He has been involved in numerous projects in both China and the United States, and has conducted research in parametric design, BIM technology, and metaverse technology.
“At Arshia Architects we strive to mold the human experience. Through performance-driven, fluid designs that are tailored to each clients’ needs. No one size fits all, never a template, only genuine connections, and ingenious designs.”