Navidi Architect Inc. (NAI), founded in 2023 by Yasi Navidi and based in Canada, is a forward-thinking architectural firm with a national scope of practice. NAI specializes in providing creative solutions to complex architectural and urban challenges in diverse communities and for various purposes. The firm has a distinctive approach to its work, which centers around Building Information Modeling (BIM) and a collaborative, research-based design process that engages the public, clients, stakeholders, and experts from multiple fields right from the early stages of project development.
NAI’s portfolio encompasses a wide range of projects, showcasing its versatility and expertise. These projects span different scales, from mixed-use highrise and mid-rise residential buildings to hotels, offices, commercial spaces, film studios, industrial facilities, institutional structures, educational buildings, and civic projects. Additionally, the firm takes on large-scale urban planning initiatives, demonstrating its commitment to shaping the built environment on a broader scale.
The core values and characteristics that define NAI include dynamism, innovation, and creativity. NAI remains adaptable and responsive to the evolving social, cultural, political, economic, environmental, and technological conditions that approaches projects with a collaborative and research-based mindset, striving to enhance the built environment while staying attuned to the ever-evolving challenges and opportunities throughout all phases of the project from planning and design to construction and completion.