Kamran Diba

Kamran Diba ( born March 5, 1937 in Tehran ) is an internationally acclaimed Iranian architects and urban planners. He joined in the 60s out as a painter and one of the leading artists of modern Tehran school.

In his buildings, he combines classical Islamic architectural elements with modern concepts of space.

Career

In the years 1958-64 Diba studied architecture and sociology at Howard University (Washington, DC). After returning to Tehran in 1966, he worked as a freelance architect.

He founded in 1968 together with Amir Rezvani, Farzin Sadeghi, D. Zayam, K. Farnoush, A. Vakili, Ahmed Kashanijo and Parviz Rezagholizadeh the leading Iranian architects DAZ.

1976-77 he was director of the MMA Tehran and lecturer at the University of Tehran.

He moved in 1977 to Paris and Washington, DC, and was a lecturer at Cornell University ( Ithaca, NY).

Structures ( selection)

  • Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Berlin
  • Construction of the new city of Susa in Khuzestan
  • Ziyada yards
  • Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
Ithaca, New York Khuzestan Province
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