NUSHIN YAZDI	509 Pleasant Street				Belmont, MA 02478
				(617) 489-3665
				nushin@mit.edu
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EDUCATION:	 
	University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1986 - 1988		Master of Architecture - second professional degree			Thesis: "A Bank on the Embankment":  
		a typological investigation into Venetian context
	University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 	1979 - 1984		Bachelor of Architecture			Special studies in Fine Arts and furniture design and construction

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:	
	Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts	Spring 94- Spring 96		Graphic Communications, Design III Studio	Fall 95		Contract Drawings I, Contract Drawings II, 	Spring 95		Design VIII   (Restoration, modification and renovation 
			of  Boston's existing abandoned buildings)
		Graphic Communications, Design III Studio	Fall 94		Contract Drawings I, Contract Drawings II, 	Spring 94		Design VIII   (Engaging the edge. Manhattan's Hudson  
			River Waterfront Competition	
	Invited juror at University of Southern California, Northeastern University, Harvard University				
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:	
	Yazdi Design,  Belmont, Massachusetts	Fall 97 - Present		Private practice	
	Lapis Architecture,  Cambridge, Massachusetts	Fall 96 - Fall 97		Residential design, Interior Architecture, Light commercial	
	Amsler, Woodhouse, Maclean Architects Inc.,  Boston, Massachusetts	Spring 96		Schematic design of the public library for Tewksbury, Massachusetts		Shaw & Daniel  Architects,  Los Angeles,  California	Mar. 92 - Feb. 93		Construction documents for a large single family house in 			Brentwood, CA and several Tenant Improvement projects	
	Levin & Associates,  Los Angeles,  California	Sept. 91 - Jan. 92		Schematic design of an Administration Building for Occidental College	
	Altoon & Porter Architects,  Los Angeles,  California	July 88 - Dec. 90		Design development of two retail centers, Tower Place in Cincinnati 			and Triangle Square in Costa Mesa, CA. and master planning of  the			Fifth Gate project for Disney Corporation	
	Frank Weise Architects,  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania	May 87		Presentation drawings for Pennsylvania State Penitentiary 			rehabilitation competition entry	
	H2L2 Architects,  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania	Summer  86		Construction documents for remodeling one floor office 			in downtown Philadelphia	
	Bryant & Bryant Architects,  Washington  D.C.	Aug. 84 - May 86		Internship

AWARDS:	
	University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Fine Arts 	Thesis award (second place) May 88	University of Pennsylvania, Department of Architecture  	Summer Travel Award; Venice, Italy