RIYAZ TAYYIBJI

Speakers at IAD 2018

Headquarter

Ahmedabad, India

Architect

Riyaz Tayyibji

Riyaz Tayyibji is the principal architect and partner at anthill design, Ahmedabad. Under his direction the firm has documented, compiled and curated exhibitions on the architecture and history, of the city of Ahmedabad that have opened both abroad and in India. The most recent exhibition, ‘The Stepwells of Ahmedabad: A Conversation Between Water and Heritage’, documents 16 step wells in and around Ahmedabad, framing their architecture within a narrative of urbanity, gender, inhabitation and heritage.
He is a former lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture, Cept University Ahmedabad and a visiting instructor at the Ecole Speciale, Paris.