Architecture continuesbeyond the finished building.

Tarh & Afarinesh was recognised at the SBID International Design Awards 2015 in connection with Best Hotel Design, reflecting the studio's continuing engagement with hospitality architecture and interior design.

What changes when the courtyard is treated not as leftover open space, but as part of the building's environmental system? This study examines shade, porosity, vegetation, sectional depth and circulation as architectural variables that mediate climate and everyday occupation.

Architecture is often described through what is built. Yet some of its strongest spatial effects come from what is deliberately withheld: direct sun, immediate views and instant transitions. Shade can be designed as deliberately as stone, glass or concrete.

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