Traditionally, Iranian architects were known as ''Mi'mars''. The Persian dictionary of ''Mo'in'' defines Mi'mar as: #That who devises the design and plan of a building, and overlooks its construction. #A Banna #That who is responsible for the building, developing, and repairs of a structure or edifice (Emārat). Classical words ''Banna'', ''Mohandes'', ''Ostad'', and ''Amal'' which appear in classical manuals and references of

Islamic architecture Islamic architecture comprises the architectural styles of buildings associated with Islam. It encompasses both secular and religious styles from the early history of Islam to the present day. The Islamic world encompasses a wide geographic ar ...

. Although many scholars do not recognize the Mimar and the Architect to historically be the same, they do agree that their responsibilities overlap extensively. In this list, they are taken to be the same. The list is in chronological order and selectively spans the Islamic age based on available records. There is little, if any, record of the numerous masters of architecture that built some of the early Islamic and pre-Islamic world's wonders of

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 ...

. It is unknown who built the palaces of Bishapur,

Firouzabad Firuzabad ( fa, فيروزآباد or Piruzabad, also Romanized as Fīrūzābād; Middle Persian: Gōr or Ardashir-Khwarrah, literally "The Glory of Ardashir"; also Shahr-e Gūr ) is a city and capital of Firuzabad County, Fars Province, Iran. At ...

, Persepolis,

Susa Susa ( ; Middle elx, 𒀸𒋗𒊺𒂗, translit=Šušen; Middle and Neo- elx, 𒋢𒋢𒌦, translit=Šušun; Neo-Elamite and Achaemenid elx, 𒀸𒋗𒐼𒀭, translit=Šušán; Achaemenid elx, 𒀸𒋗𒐼, translit=Šušá; fa, شوش ...

, or the many other spectacular ancient edifices of Greater Iran. No record of their names exists. Only the ruins of what they built give us a faint indication of what masters must have walked the face of this earth eons ago. Many of the structures remaining today possibly had more than one architect working on them. Only one is mentioned in the following list, and only their most famous work is mentioned. The list also contains the names of builders whom exact dates have been attributed to their buildings.

Pre-Islamic

*Epsay: Holy shrine of Bishapur, 271 CE. *Sheyda: Was a legendary master who built the magnificent

Sassanid The Sasanian () or Sassanid Empire, officially known as the Empire of Iranians (, ) and also referred to by historians as the Neo-Persian Empire, was the last Iranian empire before the early Muslim conquests of the 7th-8th centuries AD. Named ...

palace of ''Haft Gonbad'' of

Bahram Gur Bahram V (also spelled Wahram V or Warahran V; pal, 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭), also known as Bahram Gor (New Persian: , "Bahram the onager") was the Sasanian King of Kings (''shahanshah'') from 420 to 438. The son of the incumbent Sasanian shah ...

, according to the poet Nizami Ganjavi.

First four centuries of the Islamic era

Mashallah ibn Athari ''Mashallah'' ( ar, مَا شَاءَ ٱللَّٰهُ, '), also written Masha'Allah, Maşallah (Turkey and Azerbaijan), Masya Allah (Malaysia and Indonesia), Maschallah (Germany), and Mašallah (Bosnia), is an Arabic phrase that is used to expres ...

: Designed and planned

Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon ...

. * Naubakht: Designed and planned

13th century

*Moslem: Built the

Caravanserai A caravanserai (or caravansary; ) was a roadside inn where travelers ( caravaners) could rest and recover from the day's journey. Caravanserais supported the flow of commerce, information and people across the network of trade routes covering ...

of Sangbast in

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in 1202CE. *Muhammad Rigi: Built ''Mil-e Radkan'' in

Ghuchan Quchan ( fa, قوچان ' ; also Romanized as Qūchān and Quçan; also known as Khabushan, Gochan) is a city and capital of Quchan County, in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. It is located due south of the border city of Ashgabat. At the 2006 ce ...

in 1203CE. *Ahmad Ibn Bakr Marandi: Built the tomb of Keikavus in 1219CE. *Saeed Ibn Jafar al-Bana: Built a tower in

, Fars. *Muahammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Alavi: Built the Congregation mosque of Bunaft in

Yazd Yazd ( fa, یزد ), formerly also known as Yezd, is the capital of Yazd Province, Iran. The city is located southeast of Isfahan. At the 2016 census, the population was 1,138,533. Since 2017, the historical city of Yazd is recognized as a Worl ...

in 1234CE. *Ostad Zeinuddin Abu Rasheed: Built ''Hisar Khalaj'' in

Baku Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world a ...

in 1234CE. *Ostad Enayatollah Ibn Nizamulddin Mimar Isfahani: Built the ''Gonbad-e Sabz'' in

Kerman Kerman ( fa, كرمان, Kermân ; also romanization of Persian, romanized as Kermun and Karmana), known in ancient times as the satrapy of Carmania, is the capital city of Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 821,394, in ...

in 1242CE. *Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Uthman al-Bana al-Tusi: Built the Madrasah of Sir Chali in

Konya Konya () is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium (), although the Seljuks also called it D ...

in 1242CE. *Nizamuddin ibn Ostad Ali ibn Ali ibn Najjar: Built the Imamzadeh Seyd Jafar in

Damghan Damghan ( fa, دامغان, translit=Dāmghān) is the capital of Damghan County, Semnan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 57,331, in 15,849 families. It is situated east of Tehran on the high-road to Mashad, at an elevatio ...

in 1264CE. *Badreddin Tabrizi: Built the tomb of

Rumi Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī ( fa, جلال‌الدین محمد رومی), also known as Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī (), Mevlânâ/Mawlānā ( fa, مولانا, lit= our master) and Mevlevî/Mawlawī ( fa, مولوی, lit= my ma ...

in 1273CE. *Zinul-abedin Mimar: Built the Congregation mosque of

Urmia Urmia or Orumiyeh ( fa, ارومیه, Variously transliterated as ''Oroumieh'', ''Oroumiyeh'', ''Orūmīyeh'' and ''Urūmiyeh''.) is the largest city in West Azerbaijan Province of Iran and the capital of Urmia County. It is situated at an alt ...

in 1276CE. *Ostad Ali ibn Hosein Ali al-Ghazi: Built the Tomb of Sheikh Yusef Sarvestani in Fars in 1280CE. *Muhammad al-Hosein al-Mohandes al-bana Damghani: Built the tower of Burj-e Kashaneh in

Bistam Bastam ( fa, بسطام, also romanized as Basṭām; also known as Busṭām and Bisṭām) is a city in and capital of the Bastam District of Shahrud County, Semnan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 7,382, in 1,997 families ...

in 1299CE.

14th century

*Ostad Ali Haji al-Sanai al-Semnani: Built the Forumad mosque of Jajaram in

in 1319CE. *Muhammad Shah Naqqash: Built the tomb of ''Pir-e Bakran'' in

Isfahan Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...

in 1302CE. *Sayyed Ali Shah: Built the Dome of Soltaniyeh in Zanjan in 1303CE also a

UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...

World Heritage Site A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). World Heritage Sites are designated by UNESCO for h ...

. *Masoud Kermani: Built the Mihrab of Imamzadeh Rabi'eh Khatun in Ashtarjan, Isfahan, in 1306CE. *Heydar Yabadr: Built the

Mihrab Mihrab ( ar, محراب, ', pl. ') is a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the ''qibla'', the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca towards which Muslims should face when praying. The wall in which a ''mihrab'' appears is thus the "qibla w ...

of the Congregation mosque of Isfahan in 1310CE. *Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Bana: Built the Congregation mosque of Ashtarjan, Isfahan, in 1314CE. *Muhammad ibn Hasan ibn Ibitalib Mohandes Bana al-Damghani and his brother Haji: Built the tomb of

Bayazid Bastami Abū Yazīd Ṭayfūr bin ʿĪsā bin Surūshān al-Bisṭāmī (al-Basṭāmī) (d. 261/874–5 or 234/848–9), commonly known in the Iranian world as Bāyazīd Bisṭāmī ( fa, بایزید بسطامی), was a PersianWalbridge, John. "S ...

in 1323 CE. *Ostad Muhammad ibn Jamal Ahmad: Built the Burj-i Dozal tower near

Tabriz Tabriz ( fa, تبریز ; ) is a city in northwestern Iran, serving as the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. It is the List of largest cities of Iran, sixth-most-populous city in Iran. In the Quri Chay, Quru River valley in Iran's historic Aze ...

. *Abu Taleb Damghani: Built Imamzadeh Jafar in

in 1324CE. *Muhammad ibn Umar al-Sheikh: Built the northern

Iwan An iwan ( fa, ایوان , ar, إيوان , also spelled ivan) is a rectangular hall or space, usually vaulted, walled on three sides, with one end entirely open. The formal gateway to the iwan is called , a Persian term for a portal projecting ...

of Madraseh-i Imami in

in 1324CE. *Ali Qazvini: Built the Congregation mosque of Varamin in 1321CE. *Ali ibn Ibrahim: Built the mosque of Tajang,

, 1328CE. *Ostad Aghajan ibn Damavandi: Built the Imamzadeh Abdollah in Damavand in 1329CE. *Haji Muhammad al-Bana Savoji: Built the

of ''Seen'' in Isfahan in 1330CE. *Khajeh Hosein ibn Seifuddin Mahmud ibn Taj Khajeh: Built the Congregation mosque of Marand in 1339CE. *Falaki Tabrizi: Built Arg-e Alishah in 1337CE. *Mafakhir an-Najjar Ustad Hasan ibn Jamal Ahmad Shir Gir: Built Imamzadeh Ghasem Azna in 1337CE. *Sayyed Ali Amir Hosein al-Bukhari: Built ''Bogh'eh Mir Muhamad'' in Kharg island in 1339CE. *Shokrollah: Built Congregation Mosque of

, in 1348CE. *Ustad Shamsiddin: Built the tomb of Shu-juk Beiga, sister of Tamerlane in

Samarkand fa, سمرقند , native_name_lang = , settlement_type = City , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from the top:Registan square, Shah-i-Zinda necropolis, Bibi-Khanym Mosque, view inside Shah-i-Zinda, ...

in 1370CE. *Khajeh Hosein-e Shirazi: Built The

Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasavi The Mausoleum of Khawaja Ahmed Yasawi ( kz, Қожа Ахмет Яссауи кесенесі, ''Qoja Ahmet İassaui kesenesı''; russian: Мавзолей Ходжи Ахмеда Ясави, ''Mavzoley khodzhi Akhmeda Yasavi'') is a mausoleum in ...

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in 1396CE. *Ustad Shirazi Mimar: Built the

of Dehbeed in Fars in 1384CE. *Ustad Arif ibn Ustad Musa Jibal: Built The haji Sheikhleh Emarate in Shiravan in 1384CE. *Ustad Ghashtasb ibn Musa: Built the public bath of Haji Zainuddin Damghani in sharvanshahan in 1387CE.

15th century

*Muhammad ibn Mahmud al-Isfahani: Built the ''Gur-i Amir'', tomb of Tamerlane, in

in 1403CE. *Sayyed Ali ibn Sayyed Kamaluddin Banna Amuli: Built the ''Burj-i Sultan Zainul-abideen'' in

Sari A sari (sometimes also saree or shari)The name of the garment in various regional languages include: * as, শাৰী, xārī, translit-std=ISO * bn, শাড়ি, śāṛi, translit-std=ISO * gu, સાડી, sāḍī, translit-std= ...

in 1406CE. *Ghavameddin Shirazi: Built the

Goharshad mosque Goharshad Mosque ( fa, مسجد گوهرشاد) is a grand congregational mosque built during the Timurid period in Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran, which now serves as one of the prayer halls within the Imam Reza shrine complex. Hist ...

in 1417 CE. *Hasan Jafar Ustad Mimar Bashi: Built the Imamzadeh Abdollah tomb in

Bafq Bafq ( fa, بافق, also Romanized as Bāfq) is a city in and the capital of Bafq County, Yazd Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bo ...

. *Muhammad ibn Ghadir ''aka'' Ajor-tarash: Built the ''Darb-i Imam'' mosque in

in 1427CE. *Pasha ibn Bakshah Jamshid: Built the Emarat Shah Balu in the village of Ahu Dasht Natel Rastaq in 1435CE. *Ustad Haji Ahmad: Built The Ghal'eh Ghar Khalar in Darband in 1437CE. *Khajeh Mahmud Haj Zein Jame' Shirazi: Built the ''Mazar-e Sheikh Ahmad Jam'' complex in

in 1439CE. *Abdolqadir Isfahani: Built the mosque of Dabbagh-khaneh in

Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...

in 1443CE. *Ustad Hasan ibn Ali Husein Bana Amuli: Built three extant structures in the village of Kajur in around 1443CE. *Ustad Ghitheddin Shirazi: Built the Congregation mosque of Khargerd in

in 1443CE. *Haydar Nafji: Built the

Khanqah A khanqah ( fa, خانقاه) or khangah ( fa, خانگاه; also transliterated as ''khankah'', ''khaneqa'', ''khanegah'' or ''khaneqah''; also Arabized ''hanegah'', ''hanikah'', ''hanekah'', ''khankan''), also known as a ribat (), is a buildin ...

of Nasr-abad in

in 1445CE. *Shamsoddin Muhammad Tabrizi: Built the Mosque of Shah (''Masjed-i Shah'') in

Mashad Mashhad ( fa, مشهد, Mašhad ), also spelled Mashad, is the second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. It serves as the capital of Razavi Khorasan Province and has a po ...

in 1451CE. *Ustad Shamsoddin Ibn Nasrollah Motahhari: Built the Imamzadeh Soltan Mohammad Taher in babol in 1470CE. *Mohammad ibn Mahmud Bastami: Built the mosque of ''Masjed-i Sorkhan'' in Bastam in 1477CE. *Hosein ibn Ali ibn Ahmad Lahijani: Built the mausoleum of Samām in Gilan in 1478CE. *Darvish Nureddin: Built the mausoleum of '' Imamzadeh Ali'' in Shekarnab near

Qazvin Qazvin (; fa, قزوین, , also Romanized as ''Qazvīn'', ''Qazwin'', ''Kazvin'', ''Kasvin'', ''Caspin'', ''Casbin'', ''Casbeen'', or ''Ghazvin'') is the largest city and capital of the Province of Qazvin in Iran. Qazvin was a capital of the ...

in 1479CE. *Muhammad Ravan-i Qazvini: He and ''Haj Abbas ibn Mahmud Qazvini'' both built the ''pol-i dokhtar'' bridge in Miyaneh in Qazvin Province in 1483CE. *Yaqub Ruyani: Built both the ''Sim River'' bridge in

Lahijan Lahijan ( fa, لاهیجان, Lāhijān, also known as, Lāyjon in Gilaki) is a city near the Caspian Sea and the capital of Lahijan County, Gilan Province, Iran. According to the 2016 census, its population was 167,544 in 58,378 families. La ...

as well as the Polur River bridge northeast of Damavand in 1486 CE.

16th century

*Bayazid ibn Haji Javad: Built the Imamzadeh Yahya shrine in Larijan in 1513CE. *Ostad Hosein Khorasani: Re-built the tomb of Sheikh Abdol-Samad in Natanz in 1514CE. *Ustad Mir Ahmad ibn Mir Haji Qomi: Built the ''Masjed-e Jame'i Saveh'' mosque in

Saveh Saveh ( fa, ساوه, translit=Sāveh, also transliterated as ''Sāwa'') is a city in Markazi Province of Iran. It is located about southwest of Tehran. As of 2011, the city had a population of 259,030 people. History In the 7th century BC it ...

in 1516CE. *Farabi ibn Uthman Sa'di: Built the ''Masjed-i Bozorg-i Ghal'eh-i Hasan Keifa'' mosque in 1520CE. *Ustad Hosein: Built the Mausoleum of ''Harun Velayat'' near

in 1521CE. *Ustad Shamseddin Isfahani: Built the Mausoleum of ''Imamzadeh Hamzeh'' in Bavanat in 1528CE. *Taqi Sultan Qomi: Built the famous ''Feyziyeh Qom'' seminary in

Qom Qom (also spelled as "Ghom", "Ghum", or "Qum") ( fa, قم ) is the seventh largest metropolis and also the seventh largest city in Iran. Qom is the capital of Qom Province. It is located to the south of Tehran. At the 2016 census, its popul ...

in 1532CE. *Sani'ullah Mimar-i Yazdi: Built the Congregation mosque of

in 1539CE. *Ustad Shah Hosein Lahiji: Built the mausoleum of ''Agha Sheikh Abolvajih'' near

in 1540CE. *Heydar Ali Ardestani: Built the popular shrine of ''Imamzadeh Mahruq'' in

Nishapur Nishapur or officially Romanized as Neyshabur ( fa, ;Or also "نیشاپور" which is closer to its original and historic meaning though it is less commonly used by modern native Persian speakers. In Persian poetry, the name of this city is wr ...

in 1545CE. *Sayyed Muhammad ibn Mirak Ghiyathuddin: Built the

Humayun's Tomb Humayun's tomb (Persian language, Persian: ''Maqbara-i Humayun'') is the tomb of the Mughal Emperor Humayun in Delhi, India. The tomb was commissioned by Humayun's first wife and chief consort, Empress Bega Begum under her patronage in 1558, an ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

in 1562CE.

17th century

*Ahmad Sepah Banna: Built the ''Qeysarieh''

bazaar A bazaar () or souk (; also transliterated as souq) is a marketplace consisting of multiple small Market stall, stalls or shops, especially in the Middle East, the Balkans, North Africa and India. However, temporary open markets elsewhere, suc ...

of Lar in 1605CE. *Sultan Muhammad Yazdi: Built the

caravanserai A caravanserai (or caravansary; ) was a roadside inn where travelers ( caravaners) could rest and recover from the day's journey. Caravanserais supported the flow of commerce, information and people across the network of trade routes covering ...

and Bathhouse of ''Ganjali khan'' in

in 1610CE. *Ustad

Ali Akbar Isfahani Ali Akbar Isfahani ( fa, علی اکبر معمار اصفهانی) was a 17th-century Persian architect of the Safavid era. He is best known for the Shah Mosque commissioned by Shah Abbas and built in 1611–1631. His name appears in an ins ...

: He and two other associates built the

Shah Mosque The Shah Mosque ( fa, مسجد شاه) is a mosque located in Isfahan, Iran. It is located on the south side of Naghsh-e Jahan Square. It was built during the Safavid dynasty under the order of Shah Abbas I of Persia. It is regarded as one of ...

between 1612 and 1631. *Ustad Hosein Shamā'i.e. Shirazi: Built the ''Madreseh Khan'' in

Shiraz Shiraz (; fa, شیراز, Širâz ) is the List of largest cities of Iran, fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars province, Fars Province, which has been historically known as Pars (Sasanian province), Pars () and Persis. As o ...

in 1615CE. *

Baha' al-din al-'Amili Bahāʾ al‐Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al‐ʿĀmilī (also known as Sheikh Baha'i, fa, شیخ بهایی) (18 February 1547 – 1 September 1621) was an Iranian ArabEncyclopedia of Arabic Literature'. Taylor & Francis; 1998. . p. 85. Sh ...

: Designed a

dam A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use, a ...

''(band)'' in ''Qahrud'', 35 km south of Kashan in 1616CE, as well as

Naqsh-e Jahan Square Naqsh-e Jahan Square ( fa, میدان نقش جهان ''Maidān-e Naghsh-e Jahān''; trans: "Image of the World Square"), also known as the Shah Square (میدان شاه) prior to 1979, is a square situated at the center of Isfahan (city), Isfah ...

and

Charbagh Avenue Chahar Bagh Boulevard (, translation: ''Four Gardens'') is a historical avenue in Isfahan constructed in the Safavid era of Iran. This histories street is very similar to the Champs-Élysées in Paris, which some visitors called the Champs-Ély ...

in Isfahan, and the

Manar Jonban The Monar Jonban ( Persian: منار جنبان, meaning shaking minarets), is a monument located in Esfahan, in central Iran. Construction began in the 14th century Safavid or Ilkhanate dynasties of Iran to cover the grave of Sufi ''Amu Abdollah ...

, also known as the two shaking minarets. *Abdol-jabbar: Built the ''Madreseh Shirdar'' in

in 1618CE. *Muhammad Reza ibn Ustad Hosein Banna Isfahani: Built the

Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque ( fa, مسجد شیخ لطف الله) is one of the masterpieces of Iranian architecture that was built during the Safavid Empire, standing on the eastern side of Naqsh-i Jahan Square, Esfahan, Iran. Construction of the ...

in 1618CE. *

Mulla Alaul Maulk Tuni Mulla Alaul Maulk Tuni ( fa, ملا علاءالملک تونی) was an Iranian architect. He was born in Ferdows (named "''Toon''" historically) in the 17th century. He cooperated with Ali Mardan Khan in the construction of the Shalimar Gardens i ...

: One of the architects of

Shalimar Gardens Shalimar or Shalamar refers to three historic royal gardens (or Baghs) of the Mughal Empire in South Asia: * Shalimar Bagh, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India; built in 1619 * Shalimar Gardens, Lahore, Pakistan; a UNESCO World Heritage Site built in ...

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...

. *Shah Taher ibn Sultan Muhammad Naqqash: Built the mausoleum of Sheikh Jabrail in 1621CE near Ardabil. * Ostad Ebrahim Banna Esfahani: Worked at the tomb of Abdussamad Esfahani in Natanz and at the Jameh Mosque of Isfahan. *Ustad Muhammad Banna: Built the

Robat Robat ( fa, رباط, also Romanized as Robāţ; also known as Robāţ-e Māhīdasht, Robāţ-e Māhī Dasht, Robaţ ‘Olyā, and Māhīdasht) is a city and capital of Mahidasht District, in Kermanshah County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2 ...

of ''Shah Abbas Polur'' near Lar in 1624CE. *Ustad Hoseinali: Built the '' Imamzadeh Ismail'' in

in 1632CE. *Muhammad Ali ibn ustad Alibeyk-i banna Isfahani: Built the ''Masjed-i Hakim'' mosque in

in 1661CE. *Ustad Qasem Mimar: Built the

in 1680CE. *Muhammad Taher Hamadani: Built the ''Masjed-i soltani'' in Asad-abad in Hamedan in 1685CE. *Ustad Taher valad ustad Reza Isfahani: Built the ''

of Sheikh Ali-khan'' a.k.a. ''Chaleh siyah-i no'' in 1686CE in

. *Heydar ibn Hosein banna Isfahani: Built the ''masjed-i varzaneh'' mosque of

in 1687CE. *Mehdi Hoseini: Built a

''(band)'' near the village of ''Shamanlu'' over the Zayandeh River in 1689CE. *Ustad Isa Shirazi: He and many others were responsible for building the

Taj Mahal The Taj Mahal (; ) is an Islamic ivory-white marble mausoleum on the right bank of the river Yamuna in the Indian city of Agra. It was commissioned in 1631 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan () to house the tomb of his favourite wife, Mu ...

Agra Agra (, ) is a city on the banks of the Yamuna river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about south-east of the national capital New Delhi and 330 km west of the state capital Lucknow. With a population of roughly 1.6 million, Agra is ...

18th century

*Muhammad Hadi Qazvini: Built the ''masjed-i muhaddathayn-i sheikh-i kabir'' mosque in Babol in 1723CE. *Ostad baqer Isfahani: Built the Minarat of Kashan's Congregation mosque, 1779CE. *Ustad Mirza Shirazi: Built the Al-Nabi Mosque, Qazvin in 1787CE. *Ustad Iskandar Shirazi: Built the ''Masjed Soltani'' mosque of Borujerd in 1794CE. *Karbalaee Muhammad-i banna: Built the ''Masjed-i Qajar'' mosque in astar-abad in Hamedan in 1796CE. *Ustad Haj Sha'ban-ali: Built the Masjed-i Agha bozorg in Kashan in the late 18th century.

19th century

*Muhammad Taqi khan Mimar-Bashi: Built the Darolfonoon in 1849CE. *

Abdallah Khan Abdallah Khan ( – ) was an Iranian court painter and architect of the Qajar era who was active between 1810 and 1850. His greatest work is a grand mural in the Negarestan Palace, Tehran, and he is also known to have painted murals at the S ...

: court architect to Mohammad Shah Qajar. *Haji Abol-hasan Mimar Navai: Built Golestan Palace to its current form in 1865CE.

20th century

Dariush Borbor Dariush Borbor ( fa, داریوش بوربور, born April 28, 1934), is an Iranian-French architect, urban planner, designer, sculptor, painter, researcher, and writer. In 1963, Borbor established his own firm under the name of Borbor Consulting ...

: Bazaar Reza, Mashhad, Museum and Library, Mashhad. Described as "one of the most innovative architects who is perhaps on the way of creating a Persian architectural style of the 20th century". Recipient of the

Gold Mercury International Award The Gold Mercury International Award is presented by Gold Mercury International, an International nongovernmental organization (INGO) and think tank. The original Mercurio D'oro awards were given by an association of Italian journalists to Italian ...

from Italy, and 50 Outstanding Architects of the World from the Second Belgrade Triennial of World Architecture. * Mohandes Hossein Amanat: Built the Azadi Tower in 1971

Contemporary

* Kamran Afshar Naderi * Keyvan Khosrovani * Hossein Amanat *

Kamran Diba Kamran Diba ( fa, کامران ديبا, born 5 March 1937) is an Iranian architect and museum director, and prior to the Iranian Revolution, Diba worked entirely in the public sector in Iran. He is currently residing in Paris, France. Biograph ...

( Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts/Niavaran garden and cultural complex) *

Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian Abdolaziz Farmanfarmaian (Persian: عبدالعزیز فرمانفرمائیان; Shiraz, 1920 – June 21, 2013 Spain) was an Iranian architect, offspring of Iranian nobleman Abdol Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma and a member of the Qajar dynasty of Ir ...

(University of Tehran mosques and technical college/Azadi sport complex/Niavaran Palace) *

Abbas Gharib Abbas Gharib, (born 16 June 1942), is an Italian-based architect of Iranian origin. His approach to planning and design, which goes beyond the traditional modernism or contemporary format, has made him well known as an influential figure in the r ...

Heydar Ghiai Heydar-Gholi Khan Ghiaï- Chamlou ( fa, حیدرقلی خان غیایی شاملو) 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 Se ...

( Iran's Senate House ) * Nasser Golzari * * Nader Khalili *

Pouya Khazaeli Pouya Khazaeli is an Iranian architect. He founded Rai Studio in June 2007 to revive what he considers to be the lost spirit of architecture; beyond utility and conceptual design towards the extension of organic settings with reverence to the cult ...

* Mouzhan Majidi *

Tahmineh Milani Tahmineh Milāni ( fa, تهمینه میلانی) is an Iranian feminist activist, and film director and producer. Early career She was born 1960 in Tabriz, Iran. After graduating in architecture from the University of Science and Technology ...

Hadi Mirmiran Seyed Hadi Mirmiran (in Persian سید هادى ميرميران) was an Iranian architect, and manager of Naghsh-e Jahan - Pars Consulting Company. He was born in 1945 in Qazvin, received his M.A. in architecture from the faculty of fine arts of ...

(Winner of many 1990s major competitions and the only architect to win a medal of honor in art after the revolution) * Mohammad-Karim Pir Nia * Mohsen Mostafavi *

Farshid Moussavi Farshid Moussavi (born in 1965, Shiraz, Iran) is an Iranian-born British architect, educator, and author. She is the founder of Farshid Moussavi Architecture (FMA) and a Professor in Practice of Architecture at Harvard University Graduate S ...

Fariborz Sahba Fariborz Sahba ( fa, فريبرز صهبا, born 1948 Mashhad) is an Iranian-American architect, now living between Canada and the United States. Education Sahba has a master degree from the Faculty of Fine Arts from the University of Tehran ...

Ali Akbar Saremi Ali Akbar Saremi (Persian: علی‌اکبر صارمی) (1943 – 2017) was an architect from Iran. Saremi earned a Masters in Architecture from the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, in 1968. He got his doctorate in architecture unde ...

* Hooshang Seyhoon (Ibn sina monument/Nader shah Monument/Baba Taher Monument) *

Bahram Shirdel Bahram Shirdel is an Iranian architect internationally known as one of the most influential architects dealing with the interdisciplinary field of architecture and science as well as Fold/Folding Architecture. Jeffrey Kipnis, Greg Lynn, Peter E ...

* Fariborz Hatam * Iraj Kalantari Taleghani *

Nader Tehrani Nader Tehrani (born 1963 in London) is an Iranian-American designer and educator. In 2011 in partnership with Katherine Faulkner, Tehrani founded NADAAA, a practice dedicated to the advancement of design innovation, interdisciplinary collaborat ...

Siavash Teimouri Siavash Teimouri (Persian:سیاوش تیموری) (born 22 June 1937) is an Iranian architect, artist and scholar. Born in Tehran, Iran, he graduated from the College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran with the highest mark under the supervision ...

Mazyar Mahmoudabadi
*Yaaghoob Rashtchian ( prominent architect active in urban rehabilitation and architectural restoration of historic areas and buildings in many iranian cities).

Outside Iran

File:Ashkabad Temple Bahai.jpg, First Bahaʼi House of Worship (1908),

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...

, designed by Ustad' Ali-Akbar Banna Yazdi File:Bahai-house-of-worship-delhi2.jpg, Fariborz Sahba's Lotus Temple in

. * Ustad' Ali-Akbar Banna Yazdi designed the first Bahaʼi House of Worship in the world in

Ashgabat Ashgabat or Asgabat ( tk, Aşgabat, ; fa, عشق‌آباد, translit='Ešqābād, formerly named Poltoratsk ( rus, Полтора́цк, p=pəltɐˈratsk) between 1919 and 1927), is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies ...

. * Mohsen Mostafavi * Hariri and Hariri: Gisue Hariri and Mojgan Hariri are two of the most famous the Iranian American Architects. They are listed in ''40 Top architects under 40'' . *

. A Bahaʼi architect who designed the famous Lotus temple in India. * Hossein Amanat (works include Azadi Tower and

Sharif University Sharif University of Technology (SUT; fa, دانشگاه صنعتی شریف) is a public research university in Tehran, Iran. It is widely considered as the nation's most prestigious and leading institution for science, technology, engineering, ...

, among others) *

Shahram Entekhabi Shahram Entekhabi ( fa, شهرام انتخابی ), born 1963 is an Iranian-born video and installation artist. Work He participated in a group exhibition at the Chelsea Arts Museum, where his contribution was sex worker calling cards to wh ...

* Nader Khalili o
CalEarth Institute.
Founder. Featured on

Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the Un ...

and

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

References

External links

Society of Iranian Architects and Planners

A persian article about early 19-20th century architects of Tehran

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20070528125241/http://www.iranchamber.com/architecture/iranian_architecture_today1.php Iranian Architecture Today, A Bridge Between East and West {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Historical Iranian Architects Architecture of Iran *