Heydar Ghiai

The Ghiaï-Chamlou coat of arms

Heydar Ghiaï-Chamlou

Heydar Ghiaï-Chamlou & the Shah of Iran

Heydar Ghiaï-Chamlou as Imperial aide-de-camp

Heydar Gholi Khan Ghiaï-Chamlou was an Iranian architect. He graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts in 1952, and was known as a pioneer of modern architecture in Iran. 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 aka Avicenne Foundation, amongst 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.

Heydar Ghiaï-Chamlou was born in Tehran in 1922, decisively settled in France later, where he died in 1985 in Cap d'Antibes.

Architectural philosophy

Quotes

" Proportion is not a principle of architecture, but a principle of Life ".^[1]
" 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. ".^[1]
" I know a place where glass and concrete brush against the light, sparkling with delight ".^[1]

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 Tehran Hilton Hotel
Farah Abad Palaces
Mashhad Hospital
Lavizan Hospital
Ghiai Palace
Various Private Villas

Royal Hilton Tehran
Tehran Senate House
House of Ghiai, Teheran
Teheran Pars Drive-In Theatre
Lavizan Military Hospital, Lavizan
Casino Tehran Pars, Tehran
Mashad University Hospital, Mashad
Mashad train station, Mashad
Cinema Radio City, Tehran
Cinema Radio City, Tehran
Farah Abad Palace, Farah Abad
Tabriz Railway Station, Tabriz
Villa Nautica, Tehran
Swan Lake Villa, Tehran
Villa Oceania, Tehran

Bibliography

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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 à Teheran", pp. 96–101
Architecture d'aujourd'hui, No.84, 1959, Paris, "Palais des Arts à Teheran", pp. 16–17
Architecture d'aujourd'hui, No.93, 1960, Paris, "Cinema en plein air à Teheran", pp. 20–21
Architecture d'aujourd'hui, No.98, 1963, Paris, "Hôpital a Machad", pp. 33–34
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Persian Heritage, No 19, "Like Father Like Son", New Jersey, 2000, p. 29
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Sun Coast Architect/Builder, Vol 58, No.6, "San Francisco Luxury Triplex", California, 1993, pp. 24–26
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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
Diablo Publications, "The Palace Next Door", California, February 2004, p. 80
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Jean Royere "Decorateur a paris" page 40 p165 edition Norma

Notes

1 2 3 Max Gérard, Iran Senate House Heydar Ghiaï, Editions Draeger, 1976

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