Behnoud Najafi Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, California, United States

Los Angeles, California

Behnoud’s talent for both design and project execution make him a key player in some of NCA Studio’s high profile projects. He brings a sharp interest in architecture, range of experience and client understanding to all of his projects and into the daily working of the office itself. In recent years, Behn’s expertise has been focused on design and execution of food retail establishments, and high end residential. In his role as project coordinator, Behn works closely with the client, stakeholders, city agencies, consultants and contractors to catalyze collaboration for a smooth project delivery.

Los Angeles

● Leading the project progress, communication and documentation from schematic design through construction administration ● Generating sketches, as builts and documentation of design intent and construction details ● Leading the communicating with architect of record, general contractor, government agencies, client and vendor to ensure coordination of efforts for ensuring the success of projects ● Regular meetings and presentations of project phases to client and stakeholders ● Providing the specifications for materials, methods, furniture and lighting used in a project ● Generating schedules, project estimates, and timelines ● Overseeing the project through construction and responding to RFIs ● Assigning tasks, supervising and mentoring student interns

Greater Los Angeles Area

● Instructed weekly seminars for Architectural Theory class, leading discussions on the theory behind the architecture and significant buildings ● Provided critique, feedback and formal assessment in oral and written formats ● Assisted the professor and mentored 1st-year students on learning concepts and application of computational modeling with parametric tools

Istanbul, Turkey

● Produced drawings, models and renders for a low density residential and master plan of 6.5 acre mixed use residential/hospitality ● Supported the project architect in different stages of design from schematic design to design development, and construction documentation ● built density study topo models and conceptual massing models

Bachelor Of Architecture (Barch), Riba Part I

Activities and Societies: Student's Union, Debating Society, Architecture Society(OxArch), Road Trip Society

Master Of Architecture (March), Architecture

Certificate for emphasis on urban policy

Visiting Student, Architecture