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AT OBLQ, WE BELIEVE THE MOST MEANINGFUL ARCHITECTURE IS DISCOVERED, NOT IMPOSED. EACH PROJECT BEGINS WITH LISTENING — TO THE SITE, TO THE CLIENT, TO HISTORY, TO THE POSSIBILITIES THAT EMERGE WHEN YOU LOOK BEYOND THE OBVIOUS. OUR WORK BLENDS MODERN RESTRAINT WITH LAYERED NUANCE, CREATING HOMES THAT ARE NOT ONLY FUNCTIONAL AND ENDURING, BUT ALSO PLACES OF CALM, CLARITY, AND CONNECTION.

OBLQ was founded by Mahan Shirazi in 2023. He is a graduate from RICE University and a registered architect in NY, operating both as director of design strategy at NYC HPD and principal at OBLQ. He has contributed to several initiatives related to housing in NYC, such as Big Ideas Small Lots, ShareNYC, etc. and has been invited as juror to various schools across the country, including Columbia GSAPP and USC. Prior to OBLQ, he worked in several offices across the world, including StudioMiessen in Berlin, Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura in Barcelona, OLI Architecture and Caliper Studio in New York City. His current projects investigate architecture's potential to enable, catalyze and represent contingencies of the social field through form.

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