Kamran Diba ( fa, کامران ديبا, born 5 March 1937)
is an Iranian architect and
museum director
Director may refer to:
Literature
* ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine
* ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker
* ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty
Music
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, and prior to the
Iranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dyna ...
, Diba worked entirely in the public sector in Iran.
He is currently residing in
Paris
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,
France
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.
Biography
Kamran Diba was born 5 March 1937 in
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
,
Pahlavi Iran.
He is cousin of
Farah Pahlavi
Farah Pahlavi ( fa, فرح پهلوی, née Farah Diba ( fa, فرح دیبا, label=none); born 14 October 1938) is the widow of the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and was successively Queen and Empress ('' Shahbanu'') of Iran fro ...
, the former queen of Iran. He studied architecture at
Howard University
Howard University (Howard) is a Private university, private, University charter#Federal, federally chartered historically black research university in Washington, D.C. It is Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classifie ...
, and graduated in 1964.
He did a post-graduation year studying Sociology.
In 1966, he moved back to Tehran and joined DAZ Consulting Architects, Planners and Engineers.
He is known for designing the new campus of
Jondishapur University in
Ahvaz
Ahvaz ( fa, اهواز, Ahvâz ) is a city in the southwest of Iran and the capital of Khuzestan province. Ahvaz's population is about 1,300,000 and its built-up area with the nearby town of Sheybani is home to 1,136,989 inhabitants. It is hom ...
, the
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, ( Persian: موزه هنرهای معاصر تهران), also known as TMoCA, is among the largest art museums in Tehran and Iran. It has collections of more than 3,000 items that include 19th and 20th centur ...
,
and the
Niavaran Cultural Center in
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
. In 1986, Diba received the
Aga Khan Award for Architecture
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA) is an architectural prize established by Aga Khan IV in 1977. It aims to identify and reward architectural concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of Muslim societies in the field ...
for Shustar New Town in
Khuzestan.
In 1967, Diba,
Parviz Tanavoli
Parviz Tanavoli (born 1937) is an Iranian sculptor, painter, educator, and art historian. He is a pioneer within the Saqqakhaneh school, a neo-traditionalist art movement. Tanavoli has been one of the most expensive Iranian artists in sales. Tanav ...
, and Roxana Saba (daughter of
Abolhasan Saba Abu Al-Hasan ( ar, أبو الحسن, Abū Al-Ḥasan, Father of Hasan), also transliterated Abu'l Hasan, is an Arabic ''kunya'' ('teknonym'). It may refer to:
Notable people
Politics and military
* Ali ibn Abi Talib (600–661), the fourth ...
) founded the ''
Rasht 29 Club'' on a northern street near the
Amirkabir University of Technology
Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT) ( fa, دانشگاه صنعتی امیرکبیر), also called the Tehran Polytechnic, is a public technological university located in Tehran, Iran. Founded in 1928, AUT is the second oldest technical uni ...
(formerly the Tehran Polytechnic).
Rasht 29 Club was named after the street address, and it was a popular hangout amongst artists of the time.
Diba served as the first Director of the
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, ( Persian: موزه هنرهای معاصر تهران), also known as TMoCA, is among the largest art museums in Tehran and Iran. It has collections of more than 3,000 items that include 19th and 20th centur ...
from 1976 until 1978.
In 1977, he was a visiting scholar at
Cornell University
Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to tea ...
.
That same year in 1977, Diba left Iran and moved to Paris as well as spending time in Washington D.C.
Kamran Diba was also an artist, and hand a handful of painting exhibitions in Iran,
although the number of works he created seems to be small. When he attended Howard University, he created art for Ulysses G. "Blackie" Auger, who was famous for his chain of restaurants and real estate fortune.
See also
Nader Ardalan
Nader Ardalan (born 9 March 1939) is an Iranian architect, urban planner and writer.
Biography
Ardalan was born on 9 March, 1939 in Tehran, Iran. He attended the Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, obtaining a bachelor of ...
References
External links
*
Book Review: Four Thousand Days in Kamran Diba's Life BBC Persian
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, April 2010
Iranian architects
Iranian emigrants to France
1937 births
Living people
Exiles of the Iranian Revolution in France
Howard University alumni
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