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Heydar Ghiai

Heydar-Gholi Khan Ghiaï-Chamlou was an Iranian architect. He designed many buildings in his hometown of Tehran and other major Iranian cities, including government buildings and railway stations, and he was a professor of Architecture at the University of Tehran.

Early life
Ghiai was born on 23 October 1922. He graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts in 1952, and was known as a pioneer of modern architecture in Iran. ==Career==
Career
Ghiai’s architectural style blended traditional Iranian motifs with modernist principles, evident in iconic projects such as the Senate House of Iran and the Royal Tehran Hilton Hotel. As a professor at the University of Tehran, he had a significant influence on the emerging generations of Iranian architects. He designed the Senate House, the Royal Tehran Hilton Hotel, several train stations, cinemas, various civic and government buildings and the first series of state of the art hospitals. In France, he designed the Cité Universitaire, also known as the Avicenne Foundation, among others. In 1968, he was nominated architect to the imperial court of Iran and commissioned the vast project of a complex of imperial palaces situated in Farah Abad. As a professor of architecture at the University of Tehran, he taught several generations of architects. , 1963 ==Death and legacy==
Death and legacy
Ghiai resettled in France, where he died on 6 September 1985 in Cap d'Antibes. The firm of Heydar Ghiaï & Associates has now been renamed Ghiaï Architects, based in San Francisco headed by his son Yves Ghiaï and his grand daughter Anahita Ghiaï. ==Architectural philosophy==
Architectural philosophy
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==
List of projects
Tehran Senate HouseMashhad railway stationTabriz railway stationAvicenne Foundation • Tehran Pars Drive-In Cinema • Cinema Radio City • Cinema Moulin RougeRoyal Tehran Hilton Hotel • Farah Abad Palaces • Mashhad Hospital • Lavizan Hospital • Ghiai Palace • Various Private Villas ==Gallery==
Gallery
Image:Royal Hilton Hotel, Tehran (1970s).jpg|Royal Hilton Hotel, Tehran Image:Palais du Senat iranien (1970).jpg|Tehran Senate House File:Ghiai Mansion, Tehran (1973).jpg|House of Ghiai, Tehran Image:Drive-in Cinema,Tehran (23 10 1965).jpg|Tehran Pars Drive-In Theatre File:Lavizan Military Hospital, Tehran (architectural model, 1971).jpg|Lavizan Military Hospital, Tehran File:Casino Tehran Pars, Tehran (architectural model, 1973).jpg|Casino Tehran Pars, Tehran File:Mashad University Hospital, Mashad (architectural model, 1972).jpg|Mashad University Hospital, Mashad Image:MachadRail02.jpg|Mashad train station, Mashad Image:Cinema Radio City, Tehran (07 07 1967).jpg|Cinema Radio City, Tehran Image:Cinema Radio City, Tehran (07 07 1967) (vue interieure).jpg|Cinema Radio City, Tehran File:Farah Abad Palace (architectural model, 1971).jpg|Farah Abad Palace, Tehran Image:TabrizRail.jpg|Tabriz Railway Station, Tabriz File:Villa Nautica, Tehran (1969).jpg|Villa Nautica, Tehran File:Swan Lake Villa, Tehran (1969).jpg|Swan Lake Villa, Tehran File:Villa Oceania, Tehran (1968).jpg|Villa Oceania, Tehran ==Bibliography==
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