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 on 23 October 1922, decisively settled in France later, where he died on 6 September 1985 in Cap d'Antibes. The firm of Heydar Ghiaï & Associates has now been renamed Ghiaï Architects, based in San Francisco headed by his son Yves Ghiaï and his grand daughter Anahita Ghiaï. Architectural philosophy Quotes "Proportion is not a principle of architecture, but a principle of Life." "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." "I know a place where glass and concrete brush against the light, sparkling with delight." Distinctions List of projects Tehran Senate House Mashhad railway station Tabriz railway 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 Artworks Bibliography J.I Cohen, M. Eleb & A. Martinelli, "The 20th century Architecture & Urbanism"; Paris, A+U, 1990, pp. 146–51 F. Ghiai, " Yady az Heydar Ghiai", Rahavard, No.26, No27, No28, No29, Los Angeles, 1990-91-92-93, pp. 246–52, pp. 233–40 M. Ghiai, Iran Senate House, Max Gerard Edt. Draeger Paris, 1976 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 F. Bemont, "Teheran Contemporain", Art&Architecture, Teheran, No.17, 1973, pp. 85–88 B. Oudin, Dictionnaire des Architectes, Paris, 1982, p. 187 H. Stierlin, Iran des Batisseurs, "2500 ans d'Architecture", Geneva, 1971, p. 102 Michel Ragon Histoire de l'architecture et de l'urbanisme modernes, éd.Casterman, Paris,