ARCHITECTURE IS NOT SIMPLY AN ENGINEERING PROBLEM , BUT RATHER  , AN INVITATION TO POETRY , AND THE IMAGINATION .

THOSE WHOSE CREATIONS ARE INSPIRED BY LOVE WILL NEVER DIE, THE ETERNITY OF THEIR LIVES HAS BEEN WRITTEN ON THE PAGES OF THE UNIVERSE .

THE PLAY OF LIGHT AND SHADOW  TRACES A SCRIPT AS OLD AS THE SUN  , A MESSAGE FROM THE DAWN OF TIME , REDISCOVERED THROUGH VISUAL PLEASURES .

WE BELIEVE THAT A BUILDING IS A WORK OF ART THAT IS TO AFFECT ITS INHABITANTS FOR DECADES TO COME , THEREFORE IT IS AN OFFERING TO SPACE ITSELF WHICH WE HOLD AS SACRED .

OUR CLIENT IS A PERSON WHO UNDERSTANDS THE VALUE OF DREAMS .
OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR CLIENT IS LIFELONG, A FRIEND RATHER THAN A COSTUMER.

A BUILDING NEED ONLY BE BEAUTIFUL FOR IT TO BE USEFUL.

HISTORY

HEYDAR GHIAÏ-CHAMLOU  STARTED HIS ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE IN 1953 AFTER HAVING COMPLETED HIS DOCTORATE FROM THE ECOLE DES BEAUX ARTS IN PARIS . HE THEN WENT ON TO ESTABLISH HIS FIRM AS THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ONE IN IRAN , AND EVENTUALLY BECAME THE SHAH OF IRAN'S PERSONAL HONORARY AIDE DE CAMP, AND ARCHITECT, AND WAS KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE IN IRAN.

HEYDAR GHIAÏ'S TALENTS EXTENDED TO CALLIGRAPHY , MUSIC , WATERCOLORS, POETRY , MYSTICISM , AND THE INTEGRATION OF ALL THOSE FIELDS IN HIS ARCHITECTURE .

HEYDAR GHIAÏ INSTILLED HIS PRINCIPLES TO HIS THREE SONS WHO BECAME ARCHITECTS, AND WHO IN TURN ARE TRANSMITTING THEIR LOVE OF ARCHITECTURE TO THEIR 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 . HE THEN WENT ON TO EXPAND THE FIRM BOTH AT ITS BASE IN EUROPE  TO CENTRAL AMERICA , AND THE USA .

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.

YVES GHIAÏ IS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, THE FRENCH ORDRE DES ARCHITECTES, THE FRENCH ACADEMY OF ARCHITECTURE, AND A GUEST LECTURER AT U.C. BERKELEY, 
PRATT INTITUTE, AND PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
AT F.I.D.M ( Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising)

YVES GHIAÏ IS LICENSED TO PRACTICE ARCHITECTURE IN FRANCE AS WELL AS THE STATES OF CALIFORNIA AND ILLINOIS.

OUR SERVICES

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
(Headed By Yves Ghiai)

STRUCTURAL DESIGN
 

REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING

INTERIOR DESIGN

PRODUCT DESIGN

GRAPHIC AND WEBSITE DESIGN

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                   OF THE  GHIAÏ-CHAMLOU FAMILY