Aftandil Abdullabayli

I am an architect with 25 years of experience in design development, adaptable in terms of time, location, learning, and work environment.

• Lead/Senior Architect and BIM Administrator/Coordinator with extensive experience delivering concept-to-detail architectural solutions across residential, industrial, healthcare, cultural, and urban planning projects
•  Delivered full-cycle architectural services including concept, planning, technical detailing, and site supervision
• Coordinated multidisciplinary teams in the design of urban blocks, industrial zones, and public spaces
• Concept projects in styles: classical, modern, postmodern, industrial, minimalism • Urban planning, master plans of a residential, industrial, healthcare areas in the city • Forest Park and Landscape design • Architectural solution of the lakes • Architectural renovation and redevelopment projects for various types of buildings • Working drawings and details of projects • Write an explanation and critical essay on architectural design products etc. 

Building Types Designed/ Involved In

Trade and entertainment center • Residential houses • Office buildings • Clinic, hospital complex • Dwelling houses • Villas • Kindergarten • School • Warehouse • Sport facilities etc.

Work Experience

Senior architect (Project Lead)/ RR Project – Baku, Azerbaijan | Jun2020-Feb 2025

Master planning for residential areas; restaurant and park planning; landscape; residential and social buildings, and etc.

Lead architect across over 500.000m2 of combined residential and urban planning projects in the last 5 years. Key projects: 

Aghdam Phase 1 (consultant, with Nerma Linsberger, 2025) • Aghdam Phase 3 and Fuzuli Phase 2-1 Neighborhood Residential Complexes •Aghdam Forest Park (with Chapman Taylor and RR Project, 2025) • Gubadli district Central Hospital (author and Senior architect, 2023-2025) • Hajigabul Car Plant (author and Senior architect, 2023-2025) • Warehouse complex of the Ministry of Economy in Baku (author and Senior architect, 2022-2023) • Aghdam Child and Family Support Center, Guzanly settlement (author and Senior architect, 2021-2022)

Architect (part-time)/Miray LLC– Baku, Azerbaijan | Oct2021-Aug2022 

Dwelling house, exterior design of the buildings and etc. using BIM technology

Architect (full time, Remote)/UNIPROJECT – Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Mar 2019 - Present 

Office building, reconstruction of the institute buildings, kindergarten, sport facility and residential buildings 

Architect, GRAPHISOFT BIM administrator /Azerbaijan State Project Institute – Baku, Azerbaijan |May 2017-Jan 2018 BIM administrator, consulting GRAPHISOFT TEAMWORK; architect in a residential area design team

Architect, (Independent Contract)/AYAN-A LTD – Baku, Azerbaijan |May2013-Jan2015 

Office building, reconstruction of the residential quarter

Architect, (Independent Contract)/DIA Holding FZCO – Baku, GUSAR region, Azerbaijan | Jul2012-Sep2014 

Master plan in SHAHDAG Winter and Summer Tourism Complex

Architect, (Independent Contract)/ARXSTUDIO XM – Baku, Azerbaijan | Apr2010-Jun2011 - Wedding House

Architect, (Independent Contract)/KHRAM MASTERSKAYA – Kyiv, Ukraine | Apr2009-Jun2010 - Dwelling buildings

Architect, (full time)/Forum architects – Kyiv, Ukraine | Aug2007-Oct2008 - The development project of the city region

Architect, (Ind. Contract)/BCC-6, Baku, Azerbaijan |Mar2007-Apr2010 - Warehouses in SANGACHAL Oil Terminal, etc.

Architect, (full time)/Design Center – Baku, Azerbaijan | Mar2004-Mar2007-Dwelling houses, villa, hotel type buildings

Engineer/ Architect, (full time) /ARXIN-M – Baku, Azerbaijan | Aug2000-Mar2004 - Residential and dwelling buildings

Software & Tools (Strong command of GRAPHISOFT technologies and Open BIM workflows.)

GRAPHISOFT ARCHICAD • Open BIM technology, Teamwork, GDL Scripting • Autodesk AutoCAD, Revit, 3DS Max • LUMION• TWINMOTION •RHINOCEROS+GRASSHOPPER (live connection to AC, T-Spline, Lunchbox, Pufferfish), and etc.

Education & License

Licensed Freelance Architect/ Individual Architecture Activity –Baku, Azerbaijan (Ministry of Economy permit)

B.Arch. (2009), M.Arch. (2010) - Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture

B.Arch. (2006) - Azerbaijan Architecture and Construction University 

Engineer’s Diploma in Electromechanical Engineering (1996)- Azerbaijan Technical University

Fluently Languages:  Azerbaijan • English • Russian • Turkish

Publications & patents: 11 published Research Articles about system analyses of the architectural design process, and 1 patent of universal measurement device (USA patent)