IDAAF ARCHITECTS IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDIO BASED IN TBILISI, FOUNDED IN 2016 BY ARCHITECT NANA ZAALISHVILI. THE STUDIO WORKS ACROSS ARCHITECTURE, INTERIOR DESIGN AND COLLECTIBLE FURNITURE WITH A STRONG FOCUS ON CRAFTSMANSHIP AND CULTURAL STORYTELLING. DRAWING FROM GEORGIA’S VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE AND RURAL HERITAGE, THE DESIGNS REINTERPRET TRADITIONAL FORMS THROUGH A CONTEMPORARY, SCULPTURAL APPROACH.
ROOTED DEEPLY IN ITS CONTEXT, EVERY PROJECT REFLECTS A THOUGHTFUL PROCESS OF RESEARCH, DESIGN AND MAKING. THE STUDIO COLLABORATES WITH SKILLED ARTISANS TO SHAPE DESIGNS THAT HIGHLIGHT NATURAL BEAUTY AND EVOKE A QUIET, TIMELESS PRESENCE. THROUGH ITS PROJECTS, IDAAF SEEKS TO REVEAL THE HIDDEN BEAUTY OF GEORGIAN CULTURE – CONNECTING PAST AND PRESENT, MATERIAL AND MEMORY, TRADITION AND INNOVATION.

Exhibitions, Press & Awards
Isola Design District,
Milan, Italy.
2024
Tbilisi, Georgia.
2022
Expo Georgia,
Tbilisi, Georgia.
2024
2019
2023
Saudi Arabia, Ithra, Kind Abulaziz Center for World Culture
Year: 2019
Year: 2020