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HEYDAR GHIAÏ-CHAMLOU STARTED HIS ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE IN 1953 AFTER HAVING COMPLETED HIS DOCTORATE FROM THE ÉCOLE DES BEAUX ARTS IN PARIS . HE THEN WENT ON TO ESTABLISH HIS FIRM AS THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ONE IN IRAN AND WAS KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE IN IRAN.HEYDAR GHIAÏ'S FIRM WENT ON TO DESIGN MAJOR HOTELS, RESORTS, CASINOS, HOSPITALS, OFFICE BUILDINGS AND LUXURY RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS AROUND THE WORLD.HEYDAR GHIAÏ INSTILLED HIS PRINCIPLES TO HIS SON WHO BECAME AN ARCHITECT, AND WHO IN TURN IS TRANSMITTING HIS LOVE OF ARCHITECTURE TO HIS CHILDREN . HE ALSO INFLUENCED SEVERAL GENERATIONS OF YOUNG ARCHITECTS AS A UNIVERSITY TEACHER AND A PATRON AT THE "ATELIER GHIAÏ". YVES F. GHIAÏ-CHAMLOU TOOK OVER THE LEADERSHIP OF HIS FATHER'S FIRM IN 1983 AFTER HAVING COMPLETED HIS HIGH SCHOOL AT THE LYCEE JANSON DE SAILLY IN PARIS AND HIS STUDIES IN ARCHITECTURE AT PRATT INSTITUTE IN NEW YORK AND CCA. HE THEN WENT ON TO EXPAND THE FIRM BOTH AT ITS BASE IN EUROPE TO CENTRAL AMERICA , AND THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT . THE FIRM IS NOW MOVING TOWARDS ITS THIRD GENERATION OF GHIAI 'S WITH YVES' DAUGHTER, ANAHITA GHIAI EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OUR ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE.YVES GHIAÏ PERPETUATED THE UNIQUELY GHIAÏ STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE SYNTHESIZING THE HISTORICAL, THE FUTURISTIC, AND THE MYSTICO-POETIC ASPECTS OF HIS ART TOGETHER WITH THE HIGHLY PRACTICAL AND EFFICIENT APPROACH OF AN ARCHITECT-DEVELOPER-BUILDER.THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM OF HEYDAR GHIAÏ & SONS , INC. IS A UNIQUE INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE DEDICATED TO HIGH QUALITY DESIGN FOR A SPECIAL ELITE CLIENTELE IN SEARCH OF ORIGINAL CREATIONS.OUR FIRM ALSO SPECIALIZES IN REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING THROUGH OUR SISTER COMPANY
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