Leyla Uluhanli is awards-winning interior and furniture designer, gallerist and books author.
Career
Interior design Leyla Uluhanli was born and grew up in Baku, Azerbaijan. Leyla has started working on residential interiors in early 2000, both on her own commissions and in collaboration with international interior designers.AD España, "En la OFICINA como en casa", January, 2018Residence Magazine, A RUSSIAN TURN OF THE CENTURY DREAM In 2005, she has established her own interior design studio in Moscow, Russia and completed numerous high-end projects in Baku, Moscow, New York, Istanbul, Lisbon, Dubai, London, Tashkent and other metropolitan cities mostly in Europe and Middle East.Buro 24/7, "В сфере дизайна интерьеров много десятилетий ничего не происходит", March, 2015
Constant member of different TOP100 lists. Awarded the 2019 Best Decorator Award by ELLE Decoration Russia.Currently, Leyla is working on projects around the world.
Furniture design In 2014, Leyla Uluhanli launched her first furniture collection inspired by Mid-century modern style and the Swinging Sixties.Posta Magazine, "Дизайн & Декор: презентация коллекции мебели Leyla Uluhanli", November, 2014 In 2016, Leyla Uluhanli Collection was showcased at the Maison & Objet exhibition in Paris,Interior Style Hunter with the second collection previewed during Downtown Design exhibition in Dubai in 2018 AD Middle East
Art Gallery In 2020 Leyla Uluhanli founder the ULUHANLI GALLERY offering art and collectable furniture.
Books Since 2017 Leyla Uluhanli has started her sacred architecture books series published by Rizzoli New York, currently presented in most important libraries of the world.
“Mosques: Splendors of Islam” book In late 2017, Rizzoli New York. have published the “Mosques: Splendors of Islam” bookRizzoli Publishers by Leyla Uluhanli composed over 5 years of research and travel,Architectural DigestKhaleej Times "Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Among World's Most Impressive Splendors of Islam"The National The foreword of the book was written by Prince Amyn Aga Khan.
In June, 2018, the book received gold status in the Foreword Indies Book of the Year Award in the Architecture categoryForeword Reviews 2017 Awards List. The French edition of the book has been published in 2018 by Citadelles et Mazenod
"Synagogues: Marvels of Judaism" book In late 2021, the new book on sacral architecture by Leyla Uluhanli have been published by Rizzoli New York . At the same time the French edition of the book has been published by Citadelles at Mazenod.
The foreword of the book was written by Judy Glickman Lauder, a prominent philanthropist supporting Jewish cultural-heritage endeavors and the author of Beyond the Shadows: Photographs of The Holocaust and The Danish Exception.
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