Heydar Ghiai

The Ghiaï-Chamlou Family Crest

Heydar Ghiai

Biography

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Heydar Ghiai with The Shah of Iran touring of the Senate House

Heydar Gholi Khan Ghiaï-Chamlou who graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts in 1952, was known as a pioneer of modern Architecture in Iran. He designed the Senate house, the Hilton Hotel, several train stations, Cinemas, various civic and Government Buildings and the first series of state of the art Hospitals. As a Professor of Architecture at the University of Tehran , he tought several generations of Architects. Heydar Ghiaï-Chamlou was born in Tehran in 1922 and passed away in 1985 in Cap d'Antibes, France.

Architectural Philosophy

Concepts & Approach

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Iran Senate House Chamber Dome

Quotes

• " Proportion is not a principle of Architecture, but a principle of Life "..
• " Man has a basic need for certain shapes, imparted to him by his civilization and corresponding to his immediate needs. In them he discovers himself. ".
• " I know a place where glass and concrete brush against the light, sparkling with delight "..

List of Projects

• Tehran Senate House
• Mashhad Rail Station
• Tabriz Rail Station
• Avicenne Foundation
• Tehran Pars Drive-In Cinema
• Cinema Radio City
• Cinema Moulin Rouge
• Royal Teheran Hilton Hotel
• Farah Abad Palaces
• Mashhad Hospital
• Lavizan Hospital

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  Royal Hilton Hotel(renamed Esteghlal Grand Hotel), Tehran
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  Tehran Senate House
• Palace of Arts, Tehran
  Palace of Arts, Tehran
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  Teheran Pars Drive-In Theatre
• Cite Universitaire aka Avicenne Foundation, Paris
  Cite Universitaire aka Avicenne Foundation, Paris
• Tabriz train station, Tabriz
  Tabriz train station, Tabriz
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  Mashad train station, Mashad
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  Cinema Radio City, Tehran
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  Cinema Radio City, Tehran
• University Hospital, Mashad
  University Hospital, Mashad
• Pahlavi Imperial Palaces, Farah Abad
  Pahlavi Imperial Palaces, Farah Abad

Bibliography

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• F. Ghiai, " Yady az Heydar Ghiai", Rahavard, No.26, No27, No28, No29, Los Angeles, 1990-91-92-93, pp.246-52, pp.233-40
• M. Ghiai, Iran Senate House, Max Gerard Edt.Draeger Paris, 1976 ISBN 2-85119-008-3
• Architecture d'aujourd'hui, No.78, 1958, "Exposition et Hotel a Teheran", pp.96-101
• Architecture d'aujourd'hui, No.84, 1959, Paris, "Palais des Arts a Teheran", pp.16-17
• Architecture d'aujourd'hui, No.93, 1960, Paris, " Cinema en plein air a Teheran", pp. 20-21
• Architecture d'aujourd'hui, No.98, 1963, Paris, " Hopital a Machad", pp. 33-34
• F. Bemont, " Teheran Contemporain", Art&Architecture, Teheran, No.17, 1973, pp. 85-88
• B. Oudin, Dictionnaire des Architectes, Paris, 1982, p.187 ISBN 2-221-01090-6
• H. Stierlin, Iran des Batisseurs, "2500 ans d'Architeture", Geneva, 1971, p.102
• Michel Ragon Histoire de l'architecture et de l'urbanisme modernes, éd.Casterman,Paris, 1986 ISBN 2-02-013290-7
• E. Yarshater, Encyclopaedia Iranica, Volume X, New-York, 2001, p.591-92
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• Persian Heritage, No 19, "Like Father Like Son", New Jersey, 2000, p. 29
• Persian Heritage, No21, "Interview with Farhad Ghiai", New Jersey, 2001, pp.28-32
• Sun Coast Architect/Builder, Vol58, No.6, "San Francisco Luxury Triplex", California, 1993, pp.24-26
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• AIA San Francisco, "people and Places", San Francisco, 1993, p.8-9
• AIArchitect, "Green Luxury in Costa-Rica", Washington DC, 1995, p.19
• AIArchitect, " Mayor Brown Recognizes Yves Ghiai", Washington, 1998, p.8
• Provence, "Architectures sans Frontieres", Marseille, Dec., 31, 1999, p.3
• The Independent, " Local Firm makes Good", San Francisco, Nov.8, 1997, p.5
• Kayhan, "Kakhe Golestan", London, Feb.24, 2000, p.5
• California Home and Design, "San Francisco 2001 Home Tour", October 2001, p.130
• Le Figaro, "Le Senat de Teheran", March 29, 1977, p.28
• Jours de France, "Monde", June, 21, 1965, p.65
• Persian Heritage, " Mariette Ghiai, a leading Lady in Iran",Fariba Farhad, Vol.6, No.23, New Jersey, Fall 2001, p.28
• TeNeues, "San Francisco Houses", Loft Publications, Spain, Summer 2003, pp, 314-329
• California Masons ,California, USA, Cover Story, March, 2004
• Prof. Laurie Palmer, "3 Acres On The Lake", Book, WhiteWalls Publications, Chicago, 2004, p.113
• Diablo Publications, "The Palace Next Door" , California, February 2004, p.80
• Kayhan Newspaper, "Academic Medal for Yves Ghiai", London, May 13, 2003, p.5
• Jean Royere "Decorateur a paris" page 40 p165 edition Norma

External links

• Steel Contructions
• Iran Chamber
• Ghiai Architects
• Ghiai History of the Khans of Ghiaī-Chamlou
• Emporis