Mahshid Motamed
Mahshid Motamed is an architectural writer at Parametric Architecture, where she covers daily news, projects, and articles while critically analyzing architecture and emerging discourses at the intersection of theory, criticism, and design.
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A New Lens on Frank Lloyd Wright: Why His Architecture Still Matters
“The space values of the building preserved, enlarged, expanded, presented makes an entirely new architecture.”…
Spectacle Without Soul: Abu Dhabi’s Cultural Gamble
Abu Dhabi’s relentless push to reposition itself as the Middle East’s cultural capital warrants scrutiny,…
2026 Worldwide Disasters: Designing for a Climate That No Longer Exists
The summer of 2026 laid bare a world structurally unprepared for the disasters it already…
The Name That Endures: A Reflection on Architectural Legacy and Identity
When Ove Arup founded what would become the Arup Group to build the Penguin Pool…
Things Fall Apart: The Obama Presidential Center and the Architecture of Quiet Power
“Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world…” W.B. Yeats, “The…
