Maxime Siroux (25 October 1907 – 26 January 1975) was a French

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

and archaeologist. He worked with Andre Godard in

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

for many years. The design of the

Tomb of Hafez The Tomb of Hafez (Persian: آرامگاه حافظ), commonly known as Hāfezieh (), are two memorial structures erected in the northern edge of Shiraz, Iran, in memory of the celebrated Persian poet Hafez. The open pavilion structures are situ ...

has been attributed to him, among other works. The design of Iran's National Museum is also attributed to him and fellow Frenchman Andre Godard.Sandy Isenstadt, Kishwar Rizvi. ''Modernism and the Middle East: Architecture and Politics in the Twentieth Century. Studies in Modernity and National Identity''. University of Washington Press, 2011. pp.14

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