Soffeh is the specialist publication of the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University. First published in summer 1990, it is recognised as a scientific-research grade publication by the MSRT. Initiated as a biannual, it is currently published quarterly since the beginning of its third decade. It studies the past and present architecture and urbanism, nationally and worldwide, and has been a reference for scholars interested in architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning and design, project and construction management, post-disaster reconstruction, restoration and historical studies of architecture. The journal has been available and indexed in an electronic format for quite a few years now. We are also honoured to be awarded the title ‘the best art publication’ in the fourth High-Profile Researchers’ Festival, and looking forward to further future achievements.