Kamran Diba

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Kamran Diba
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Born (1937-03-05) March 5, 1937 (age 84)
Tehran, Iran
EducationHoward University
Known forarchitecture, museum director
RelativesFarah Pahlavi (cousin)
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, by Kamran Diba in 1977.

Kamran Diba (Persian: کامران ديبا‎, born 5 March 1937)[1] is an Iranian architect and museum director, and prior to the Iranian Revolution, Diba worked entirely in the public sector in Iran.[1] He is currently residing in Paris, France.[2]

Biography[]

Kamran Diba was born 5 March 1937 in Tehran, Iran.[1] He is cousin of Farah Pahlavi, the former queen of Iran.[3][4] He studied architecture at Howard University, and graduated in 1964.[1] He did a post-graduation year studying Sociology.[1]

In 1966, he moved back to Tehran and joined DAZ Consulting Architects, Planners and Engineers.[1] He is known for designing the new campus of Jondishapur University in Ahvaz, the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art,[1] and the in Tehran. In 1986, Diba received the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for Shustar New Town in Khuzestan.[5]

Diba served as the first Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tehran from 1976 until 1978.[5]

In 1977, he was a visiting scholar at Cornell University.[1] That same year in 1977, Diba left Iran and moved to Paris as well as spending time in Washington D.C..[1]

Kamran Diba was also an artist, and hand a handful of painting exhibitions in Iran,[1] 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.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j Khan, Hasan-Uddin (2003). "Diba, Kamran (Tabatabai)". The Grove Dictionary of Art. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  2. ^ BBC Persian. "Book Review: Four Thousand Days in Kamran Diba's Life". Retrieved 2010-04-23.
  3. ^ Murphy, Kim (2007-09-19). "Picasso is hiding in Iran - Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times. who commissioned her cousin, the architect Kamran Diba
  4. ^ Gerhardt, Christina (2016-12-17). ""'Celebrated in Germany as a Coup': Farah Diba Pahlavi's Art Collection at Berlin's Nationalgalerie, 2016-2017"". HuffPost. Retrieved 2019-12-08. Farah Diba Pahlavi and her cousin, Kamran Diba
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Kamran Diba". Archnet. Retrieved 2021-04-07.

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