About
Oyat Shukurov is a London-based architectural designer and spatial practitioner. Formed through work in Moscow, Dushanbe and London, the practice moves between built commissions, analogue representation and research-led spatial projects.
Selected Highlights
2025 Central Glass Competition, 1st Prize, Tokyo
2022 Exceptional Talent endorsement by RIBA
2022 ArchDaily Building of the Year, Nominee
2021 ArchDaily x Strelka Award, Winner
2017 Nisshin Kogyo Competition, 1st Prize, Tokyo
Practice History
2017–2023 Partner at χώρα architecture bureau
2013–2017 Draughtsman at Bureau Alexander Brodsky
Teaching
2020–2024 BA studio VIA VIA, co-leader, MARCH
2017–2018 MA studio Ontology of Home, MARCH
2015–2018 1st year Interior Architecture, tutor, BHSAD
Talks & Lectures
2026 MASS, London Metropolitan University
2026 Intermediate 4, AA School of Architecture
2025 Design Studio 1, Oxford Brookes University
2025 Diploma 14, AA School of Architecture
2024 Arts & Sciences, University of Central Asia
2023 Diploma 14, AA School of Architecture
2022 GoViral Festival, Dushanbe
2019 Future Architecture Conference, Ljubljana
Publications
2026 Drawing Matter
2026 A+U 2026:03
2026 Shinkenchiku 2026:02
2026 Ruyò Journal
2025 A+U 2025:03
2025 Shinkenchiku 2025:02
2021 ArchDaily
2020 Future Architecture Platform
2019 Publishing Acts III, DAI-SAI, Rijeka
2018 Dezeen
2018 Shinkenchiku 2018:01
2016–2023 Abraxas almanac, co-founder, editor and contributor
Exhibitions
2026 Situated Imaginations Conference, Cambridge
2025 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
2022 Architecture of Necessity, Virserum
2022 Habitat, Moscow
2019 CANactions Architecture Festival, Kyiv
2018 Tbilisi Architecture Biennial, Tbilisi
Enquiries
Acknowledgements
Homepage backdrop was kindly co-produced by Anastasia Belinskaya.
Explanations of key concepts are cited according to Encyclopædia Britannica, with the exception of sections DA1 and DB2, which are cited according to Encyclopædia Iranica.
Professional notes
Oyat Shukurov works in the United Kingdom and internationally. He is not currently registered as an architect with the Architects Registration Board.
Entries dated 2017–2023 generally refer to work developed as a partner at χώρα architecture bureau, unless otherwise stated.
The MA studio Ontology of Home at MARCH was taught in collaboration with O’Brien Van der Steen Workshops.