OUR FIRM IS HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT MAYOR WILLIE L. BROWN OF THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO HAS FORMALLY PROCLAIMED OCTOBER 26 THE AS THE "HEYDAR GHIAÏ & SONS DAY "       IN SAN FRANCISCO. THE PROCLAMATION WAS ISSUED DURING AN OFFICIAL CEREMONY AT THE ST. FRANCIS YACHT CLUB IN RECOGNITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL DESIGN ACHIEVEMENTS MADE BY OUR FIRM AND OUR ABILITY TO PLACE THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO ON THE INTERNATIONAL DESIGN SCENE.

YVES GHIAÏ 'S LATEST PROJECT HAS BEEN FEATURED IN THE INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE OF " ARCHITECTURE MEDITERRANEENNE, ISSUE #52. YOU MAY  ORDER THAT  PUBLICATION ATwww.architecture-mediterraneenne.com          

A COMPLETE RETROSPECTIVE OF THE GHIAÏ FAMILY ARCHITECTURE HAS BEEN FEATURED IN THE JUNE 2001 EDITION OF ARCHITECTURE MEDITERRANEE.

WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT  YVES GHIAÏ  HAS BEEN NOMINATED AS AN HONORARY MEMBER OF THE PRESTIGIOUS  200 YEAR OLD FRENCH "ACADEMIE D'ARCHITECTURE".

BELOW: YVES GHIAÏ RECEIVING THE GOLDEN MEDAL OF THE ACADEMY FROM ITS PRESIDENT
AYMERIC ZUBLENA ON APRIL, 8TH, 2004 IN PARIS, FRANCE.
THE HONORARY MEMBERSHIP AT THE ACADEMY IS LIMITED TO ONLY 70 OF THE MOST
PRESTIGIOUS ARCHITECTS INTERNATIONALLY.

President Zublena, Yves and his mother Mariette Ghiai-Chamlou Yves Ghiai with Francois Lagrange, Secretary of State in charge of Privatizations in France Architect Jean-Paul Viguier with Yves Ghiai

Yves Ghiai with Pres. Zublena of the Academy Yves Ghiai with Pres. Zublena of the Academy Yves Ghiai with French Legal Press Mogul, Bruno Vergé

The City of Prince George in British Columbia has selected
Yves Ghiai for revitalizing its downtown.
Ghiai Development Corporation has announced three major
phases to its "Metropolis" project which is to have a total of
21 phases spread over 13 years.

CONCEPT OF THE YEAR

WHEN FIRST INTRODUCED TO THE WORLD, SKYSCRAPERS
WERE MEANT TO RESEMBLE NEO-CLASSICAL OR ART-DECO STRUCTURES STRETCHED TO NEW HEIGHTS.
FOLLOWING THE MODERN MOVEMENT LEAD BY ARCHITECT LE CORBUSIER, HIGH RISES EMBRACED THE IDEA OF MEGA & MULTI-FUNCTIONAL SCULPTURAL STRUCTURES. THEN CAME THE MIESEAN CURTAIN WALLED
GLASS BLOCK WITH ITS PURIST MONOLITH THE MONOTONY OF WHICH HAS PROVOQUED THE 80'S POST-MODERN MOVEMENT BORROWING AD-HOC HISTORICAL ELEMENT & ABSURDLY PASTING THEM ONTO
THE OLD MONOLITHS.
DESPITE THE DECONSTRUCTIVIST'S AND POST INDUSTRIALIST'S EFFORTS TO INNOVATE THE BOX, HIGH-RISES MAINTAINED THEIR ORIGINAL CHARACTERISTICS. WE FEEL THAT IT IS TIME TO FUNDAMENTALLY ALTER , REVISE, REDEFINE AND
INNOVATE THE VERY ESSENCE OF THE SKY SCRAPER.
OUR PROTOTYPE HIGH RISE INTRODUCED THE FOLLOWING INNOVATIONS :
   INTRODUCTION OF A MYSTICO-POETIC ELEMENT EXPRESSED AS SMOOTH CURVILINEAR PLANES LEADING THE VIEWERS EYE TOWARDS BOTH THE SKY AND AN ELEMENT OF MYSTERY CREATED BY LAYERED OPENINGS.
   CREATION OF A COURTYARD/ATRIUM SERVING AS A VERTICAL MUSEUM AND SURROUNDED BY FOUR HIGH-RISES WITHIN ONE COMPLEX  (HOTEL/RESIDENTIAL/OFFICES/CIVIC) AS OPPOSED TO THE USUAL VERTICAL ARRANGEMENT OF SUCH MULTI-FUNCTION STRUCTURES.
   CREATION OF A "VILLAGE IN THE SKY" AS OPPOSED TO THE CUSTOMARY STREET LEVEL SHOPPING PLAZA THEREBY INVITING VISITORS TO SHOP WHILE EXPERIENCING THE SKYLINE AWAY FROM THE STREET.
   PLACEMENT OF A BUILDING WITHIN THE LOBBY ACTING AS CULTURAL CENTER SEEMINGLY FLOATING WITHIN A DUAL PYRAMID ALSO HOUSING THE COMPLEX'S ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES CENTRAL TO ALL CIRCULATION PATHS.

ADDITIONAL PHOTOS CAN BE VIEWED IN OUR PROJECTS PAGE UNDER " UTOPIA/ARCHI-FICTION.

Presidio Dance Theatre & the Presidio Performing Arts Foundation has recently approved plans to build a new school.
Yves Ghiai's philosophy is to create the first Green designed dance school in the USA while reflecting the transparency,
lightness and joy of dance.
Construction is to start in 2011 and due to be completed in 2012