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.
The Ghiaï-Chamlou coat of arms
Heydar Ghiaï-Chamlou, 1977
Heydar Ghiaï-Chamlou & the Shah of Iran, 1963
Heydar Ghiaï-Chamlou as Imperial aide-de-camp, 1973
École des Beaux-Arts refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The term is associated with the Beaux-Arts style in architecture and city planning that thrived in France and other countries during the late nineteenth century and the first quarter of the twentieth century.
Palais des études of the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris
Courtyard of the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris