Kamran Diba

Kamran Diba
Diba in 1958
Born (1937-03-05) 5 March 1937 (age 87)
Tehran, Pahlavi Iran
EducationHoward University
Known forArchitecture, museum director
RelativesFarah Pahlavi (cousin)
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, by Kamran Diba and Nader Ardalan in 1977.

Kamran Diba (Persian: کامران ديبا, born 5 March 1937)[1] is an Iranian architect and museum director. 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.[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 (in collaboration with Nader Ardalan),[1][5] and the Niavaran Cultural Center in Tehran. In 1986, Diba received the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for Shustar New Town in Khuzestan.[6]

In 1967, Diba, Parviz Tanavoli, and Roxana Saba (daughter of Abolhasan Saba) founded the Rasht 29 Club on a northern street near the Amirkabir University of Technology (formerly the Tehran Polytechnic).[7][8] Rasht 29 Club was named after the street address, and it was a popular hangout amongst artists of the time.[8]

Diba served as the first Director of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art from 1976 until 1978.[6]

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 had a handful of painting exhibitions in Iran.[1]

See also

Nader Ardalan

References

  1. ^ 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. doi:10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T022648. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  2. ^ BBC Persian (23 April 2010). "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. ^ Dixon, John Morris (May 1978). "Cultural transplant". Progressive Architecture. Stamford, Connecticut: Reinhold Publishing Company, Inc. Constructed to designs drawn up ten years ago by Kamran Diba, in association with Nader Ardalan—both young Iranian graduates of U.S. architectural schools—the building looks less dated than one might expect.
  6. ^ a b "Kamran Diba". Archnet. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  7. ^ Grigor, Talinn (2014-06-15). Contemporary Iranian Art: From the Street to the Studio. Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-78023-309-3.
  8. ^ a b Mohebbi, Sohrab. "Rasht 29: A cultural oasis in central Tehran". Bidoun, Issue 20. ISSN 1551-4048. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
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