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 NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT .
CURRENTLY THE FIRM IS HEADQUARTERED IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.

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 
GHIAI DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

IN ADDITION TO RUNNING HIS OWN FIRM, YVES GHIAÏ  IS ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF PACE INTERNATIONAL, LLC. BASED IN ILLINOIS AND GROUPING A CONSORTIUM OF LARGE ARCHITECTURAL FIRMS SPECIALIZING IN HOSPITAL AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH FACILITIES DESIGN AND ENGINEERING.

YVES GHIAÏ IS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, THE FRENCH ORDRE DES ARCHITECTES, THE FRENCH ACADEMY OF ARCHITECTURE, THE ARCHITECTURAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, THE AMERICAN BOAT & YACHT COUNCIL, AND A GUEST LECTURER AT U.C. BERKELEY, PRATT INSTITUTE, 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,  ILLINOIS 
AND BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.

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