Nasser Golzari is an architect and academic dedicated to social architecture and the creation of inclusive cities that advance socio-environmental ecologies within post-colonial contexts. As the founder of GOLZARI (NG) Architects in London and co-founder of the Palestine Regeneration Team (PART), Golzari is deeply committed to rethinking scarred and contested landscapes through both speculative and live projects, in line with his passion for socially responsive architecture.
Golzari challenges Western, market-driven architectural practices, drawing inspiration from the daily rituals, narratives, and passive ecological practices of the Global South. His work seeks to reclaim and celebrate socially driven architecture, particularly focusing on ‘the invisible other.’
His research in cultural identity, social architecture, and European Modernism has led him to edit A3 Times and curate exhibitions, symposiums, and lectures across the UK and Europe. He has collaborated with architects like Peter Blundell Jones and Florian Beigel, championing an alternative modernist tradition.
Golzari has published extensively on participatory design and learning from the Global South.
Recently, he co-founded Architects for Gaza and Gaza Global University to support displaced students and assist in the self-help reconstruction of homes.
He has participated, co-curated and exhibited in a series of national and international exhibitions, including the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025 (Special Mention Award), Lisbon Triennial 2025, London Festival of Architecture (2023, 2024), Sharjah Architecture Triennial (2024), Chicago Architecture Biennial (2019), and the Berlinale (2020).
His projects and research have received numerous awards, including the RIBA President's Medals High Commendation Award (2016), the Grand Designs NACSBA Shortlist (2016), and the Constructing Communities Award Shortlist (2016). Golzari has also been involved in collaborative projects with the Palestinian NGO Riwaq, their collaborative work won the Holcim Commendation Award for Sustainable Construction in the MENA Region (2014) for the Beit Iksa Eco Kitchen and the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (2013) for the Regeneration of Birzeit Historic Centre. Additionally, his projects in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets were nominated for the Civic Trust Awards in 2000, 1997, and 1996.
Golzari's recent work on reconstruction in Gaza has been awarded Quintin Hogg Trust funding for 2024.
He is currently a Senior Lecturer and the Course Leader of the MA Architecture, as well as leading the Design Studio as part of March Riba Part 2 at the School of Architecture and Cities.
