SAD — architecture and development studio, Tashkent and Bali

The complex in the evening: the lit ground-floor gallery and a full car park

The waterfront square at sunset in the Oasis City masterplan — a SAD project

Aerial view of the Abdurauf Fitrat mahalla: the circular school with its running track, brick and pale residential blocks, courtyards and a park — an urban regeneration project by SAD

Customer hall with interactive panels and yellow armchairs at the Kapitalbank digital office — interior by SAD

The Mercedes-Benz dealership showroom with cars and visitors — interior by SAD

Business Center «Yunusabad Gallery»

Development of a 52,150 m² mixed-use complex within a dense urban environment, featuring fully autonomous Class A engineering systems

52,150 m²: mixed-use complex area
100%: autonomous engineering systems
A-Class: energy-efficient façades by Schüco & Kingspan

An integrated design and development practice — strategy, master-planning, architecture, interiors, engineering

Countries where we have delivered projects Uzbekistan, Indonesia, UAE, Spain, Turkey, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan

Delivered projects, the company and what we do

From pre-design analysis to commissioning

1,000+

projects delivered

2008

the year we were founded

30+ / 300+

specialists in-house and in the international consortium

countries where projects have been delivered

News

Maria Sultanova presents the concept of merging the parks to Saida Mirziyoyeva at the Oqsaroy gates

Gazeta.uz · 24 Jul 2026

Concept for merging the Babur Ecopark and the Mirzo Ulugbek Central Park

Maria Sultanova and Maxim Oltyan of SAD presented a concept to merge the Ecopark and the Mirzo Ulugbek Central Park into a single zone, taking the street between them underground. Gazeta.uz, 24 July 2026.

Maria Sultanova, chief executive of SAD — portrait for the Spot.uz interview about the cities of the future

Spot.uz · 27 Aug 2024

Maria Sultanova on the cities of the future, Spot.uz

SAD director and managing partner Maria Sultanova told Spot.uz how the bureau takes part in shaping the cities of the future: commercial real estate, the Koh-Ota residential complex, New Tashkent, a resort at Charvak and Tashkent's new airport.

Maxim Oltyan, founder and partner of SAD, during the interview for Egoist magazine

ЭГОИСТ · 30 Jan 2024

Maxim Oltyan on Bali, EGOIST magazine

Maxim Oltyan, a co-founder and partner of SAD, told EGOIST magazine how Bali's tourist locations are changing to meet the demands of Russian-speaking investors.

A videoconference meeting on the construction industry chaired by the President of Uzbekistan: participants at the table and regional feeds on the screen

president.uz · 23 Sept 2024

Maria Sultanova at the presidential videoconference on the construction industry

On 23 September 2024 a videoconference meeting chaired by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev addressed the development of the construction industry and the building materials sector. The agenda covered the energy intensity of production, the localisation of materials, exports and new investment projects. Maria Sultanova, chief executive of SAD, took part in the meeting.

Projects

Tashkent (Uzbekistan)

Mixed-use quarter

Architectural design

2026

Heaven ›

Tashkent (Uzbekistan)

Mixed-use quarter

Architectural design

2026

Tashkent (Uzbekistan)

Residential complex

Architectural design

over 55,000 m²

2020–2021

Koh Ota ›

Tashkent (Uzbekistan)

Residential complex

over 55,000 m²

Architectural design

2020–2021

Yunusabad Gallery business centre in Tashkent, seen from above

Tashkent (Uzbekistan)

Mixed-use complex

Architectural design

52,150 m²

2022

Yunusabad Gallery ›

Tashkent (Uzbekistan)

Mixed-use complex

52,150 m²

Architectural design

2022

A mountain resort in the Bostanlyk district: the building along the slope, with its pool

Bostanlyk (Uzbekistan)

Mountain resort complex

Concept design

5.0 ha

2023–2024

Mountain resort in the Bostanlyk district ›

Bostanlyk (Uzbekistan)

Mountain resort complex

5.0 ha

Concept design

2023–2024

About us

SAD is a full-cycle practice — architecture, design, engineering and development. We carry a project from the first idea to a finished, working asset.

Working from Tashkent and Bali — across Uzbekistan, Indonesia and beyond, connecting local delivery with international standards.

Consortium

We bring together international experts — urbanists, engineers, developers — into one team built around your project. From district masterplans to national-scale infrastructure.

Founders and leadership

Founded SAD in 2008 together with the architect Alexander Kuranov. Leads the firm’s international work, including Indonesia. Member of the Union of Architects of Uzbekistan. Recognised in the Architecture for Humanity category at the ARCHICA congress in 2026.

Maxim Oltyan

Founder and Partner

Honoured Architect of Uzbekistan and a member of the presidium of the Union of Architects. Graduated from the architecture faculty of the Tashkent Polytechnic Institute in 1974; co-founder of SAD. Author and co-author of more than 800 projects, over 300 of them built.

Alexander Kuranov

Chief Architect · Co-founder

Co-founder, creative director and architect at SAD. Leads territory masterplans, from an 80-hectare mixed-use development in New Tashkent to the development masterplan for the Surkhandarya region. Member of the Union of Architects of Uzbekistan.

Davron Talipov

Co-founder and Creative Director

Architect and urban planner, in the profession since 2005. Director of SAD since 2019 and chief executive since 2025. Member of the Union of Architects of Uzbekistan and of the Expert Council of the National Committee on Urbanisation.

Maria Sultanova

Chief Executive and Managing Partner

Director of the SAD office in Bali. Responsible for the firm’s projects in Indonesia — the team, the budget and the schedule — from the first sketch to handover.

Ulugbek Makhmudov

Bali Office Director

Awards & Recognition

Awards of the SAD studio: statuettes, plaques and diplomas

The SAD team has won more than 100 awards, from residential and public buildings to interiors, including international competitions and the reviews of the International Association of Unions of Architects.