Parinaz Mirzaei

MSc(Arch) MSc(Env) RIBA
Design Director

With two decades of experience in residential, regeneration and mixed-use development, primarily in London, Parinaz’s particular passion focuses on bringing innovation and exceptional design quality to each individual home, successfully recognising what makes a building ‘liveable’. Parinaz joined the practice in 2015 becoming Design Director in 2021.

Her considerable knowledge and understanding of the design of large-scale, mixed-tenure regeneration ensures her projects deliver sustainable, integrated community benefits. She leads a team of architects and assistants on a range of diverse and challenging projects.

Parinaz’s focus on design, takes her from initial feasibility studies and early concept design through to securing detailed planning approvals.  Her ability to find unique design solutions, to communicate them effectively and illustrate them both digitally and with hand sketches, ensures an effective and expedient design process. She enjoys ensuring that consultation with residents and other stakeholders is effective throughout the planning process. Both strategic and grassroots engagement and participation has been critical to a large number of her projects.

Parinaz is a key member of the office’s Planning and Legislation Working Group, keeping abreast of any updates or changes in legislation and distributing the knowledge within the Practice.

As one of our many multi-linguists, Parinaz flips seamlessly between Farsi, Azeri and English. 

Favourite City
Barcelona

Favourite place in London
Seven Dials