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Dariush Borbor

Dariush Borbor (Persian "داریوش بوربور", born in Tehran, Iran, April 28, 1934), is an Iranian-French multi faceted architect, urban planner, designer, sculptor, painter, scholar and writer.[1][2][3] In 1963, he established his own firm under the name of Borbor Consulting Architects, Engineers, City Planners.[4] As early as 1965, he was described by Anthony Krafft [de] the well-known Swiss architectural critic, as "one of the most innovative architects who is perhaps on the way of creating a Persian architectural style of the 20th century";[5]in 1972 he was dubbed by Michel Ragon the prominent French architectural critic as "the architect in search of a modern Iranian architectural style".[6] In 1976, he set up Sphere Iran, a consortium of four specialist consulting firms, and proposed a comprehensive National Environmental Master plan for Iran.[7] In 1992, he created the Research Institute and Library of Iranian Studies (RILIS) where he is the director.[8] Borbor is widely regarded as one of the avant-garde architects of the modern movement in Iran;[9][10] also a pioneer of modern urban planning,[11]named by some as "father of modern urban planning",[12][13][14][15] a key figure in the promotion and creation of the High Urban Planning Council (1966, Persian شورای عالی شهرسازی).[16][17] He has also been the winner of many competitions and the recipient of several international prizes and awards, including the Gold Mercury from Italy,[18] 50 Outstanding Architects of the World from the Second Belgrade Triennial of World Architecture,[19] and the Pahlavi Royal Award.[20]

Early Life (1934-1959)

Dariush Borbor was born in April 1934. His father was Gholam Hossein khan Borbor (Persian غلامحسین خان بوربور), one of the directors of the Iranian branch of the former Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC), congressman, ambassador-at-large, and one of the founding members of the Grand Lodge of Iran.[21] Borbor had his primary schooling in Iran. At the age of twelve he moved to the United Kingdom for his secondary education, after which he obtained his General Certificate of Education from University of Cambridge (1952), a Bachelor of Architecture (1958) and a Master of Civic Design (1959) both from the University of Liverpool.[22] He then went to specialize on architecture of hot dry regions at the University of Geneva (1959) under the direction of the French architect and urban planner Eugène Beaudouin [fr].[23]

Career

Professional Life 1959-1961

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Tehran 1966, Shah of Iran and Queen Farah visit the High Urban Planning Council; present are Hoveyda (Prime Minister), ‌Badi (HUPC Director), Ziya'i (Senator), Borbor (Urban Planning Consultant)

While working for his PhD, he collaborated concurrently with the Swiss urban planner Professor Arnold Hoechel and the architects Frei and Hunziker on several projects, including the first automatic bowling alleys in Meyrin Commune, Geneva, and Beirut, Lebanon.[24]

Professional Life 1961-1978

In 1961, he returned to Tehran as Deputy Technical Director of Iran-Rah, the largest Construction Co. of its time in Iran. In 1963, he created his own firm under the name of Borbor Consulting Architects, Engineers, City Planners.[4] As President and Managing Director, he developed and expanded the business to a large multidisciplinary organization with several in-house departments which included: architecture, urban planning, environment, structure, mechanics, electricity and interior design.[2] The firm employed a large number of highly qualified multi-national staff and included branch offices in several major cities in Iran.[25][26]

Professional Life 1978-1991

A few months prior to the Iranian Islamic Revolution (1978), Borbor moved to Paris, France where he founded the Borbor International Management Consultants (BIMC) to Architects, Engineers, Planners. BIMC offered consultancy services in design, management and documentation to architectural and planning firms.[27] Six years later (1984), he moved to Los Angeles, California where he was involved in some architectural consultancy and research on Iranian and Persianate subjects.[28]

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Mashhad 1968, Presentation of the urban renewal project of Mashhad city centre to the Shah by Dariush Borbor, Architect-Planner

Professional Life 1991-Present

Borbor returned to Iran in 1991 and established the Research Institute and Library of Iranian Studies (RILIS), a non-profit, non-political, private and independent institution dedicated to the promotion of research in the field of Iranian and Persianate studies with special emphasis on novel and creative research.[29][better source needed]

Prizes and Awards

  • 1958, Working Drawing Award, Architects’ Journal, London, UK.[30]
  • 1959, First Prize, ideas competition for a Liverpool neighbourhood, Department of Civic Design, University of Liverpool, UK.[31]
  • 1965, First Prize, design of Persian Pavilion, Los Angeles, California.
  • 1975, Gold Mercury International Award for project management, Rome, Italy.[32]
  • 1976, NIOC Award, seaside resort, Mahmoudabad, Caspian coast, Iran.
  • 1976, First Prize, 2200 unit shopping mall (Bazaar Reza, Persian بازار رضا) in Mashhad, Iran.[33]
  • 1976, First Prize, monument, Mashhad, Iran.
  • 1977, First Prize, Temple of the Grand Lodge of Iran, Tehran, Iran.[34]
  • 1978, Pahlavi Royal Award, for design, construction and management, 2200 unit shopping mall (Bazaar Reza, Persianبازار رضا ) in record eleven months.[35]
  • 1988, 50 Outstanding Architects of the World, the Second Belgrade Triennial of World Architecture.[36]

Selected projects and writings

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1968, Plan of the urban renewal of city centre for Mashhad, Iran, designed by Dariush Borbor

Architecture

  • 1967, The Ice Palace recreation centre, Pahlavi Avenue, Tehran.[37]
  • 1971, Monument Mashhad (demolished in 2010).[38]
  • 1976, Museum and library, Mashhad, Iran.[39]

Regional plans

  • 1963-1966, Nowshahr-Chalus Regional Plan.[40]
  • 1964-1965, Caspian Coast Regional Plan[41]
  • 1969-1973, Abadan-Khoramshahr Regional Plan.[42]

Urban and Landscape design

  • 1968, Project for the urban renewal of Mashhad City Centre.[43]
  • 1968, Kakhk post-earthquake reconstruction.[44]
  • 1976, Bazaar Reza shopping mall, Mashhad. [45]

Bibliography

  • "The Influence of Persian Gardens on Islamic Decoration", Architecture Formes Fonctions, vol. 14, ed. Anthony Krafft, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1968, pp. 84-91.[46]
  • “Iran”, The Encyclopedia of Urban Planning, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1974, pp. 553-567.[13]
  • “The Influence of Wine Culture in Iranian Architecture and the Region”, Wine Culture in Iran and Beyond, Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenchaften (ÖAW) / Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, 2014, pp. 259-275.[47]

References

  1. ^ ASPS Newsletter, no. 37, Fall 2016, pp. 6-7, http://persianatesocieties.org/PDFs/Newsletters/ASPS%20Newsletter%2037%20(Fall%202016).pdf)
  2. ^ a b "Dariush Borbor", Contemporary Architecture of Iran (CAOI), http://caoi.ir/en/component/k2/item/504-dariush-borbor
  3. ^ "An Assessment of Dariush Borbor's Contribution to Architecture, Urban Planning and Iranian Studies", China-Eurasia News Ticker, posted on October 16, 2016, https://chinastan.org/2016/10/16/20-years-of-iran-and-the-caucasus-a-breakthrough-international-conference-dedicated-to-the-20th-anniversary-of-iran-and-the-caucasus/
  4. ^ a b Iran Contemporary Architects Site, http://www.etoood.com/Profile.aspx?MyKey=78554; “Borbor, Dariush”, Iran Who's Who 1976, Echo of Iran, Tehran, Iran, 1976, p. 113.
  5. ^ "Persischer Brief" and "Rédacteur", Architecture: Formes et Fonctions, vol. 12, Lausanne, 1965/1966, pp. 146, 147, https://books.google.com/books?id=_X0UAQAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=borbor
  6. ^ Michel Ragon, Histoire Mondiale de l'Architecture et de l'Urbanisme Modernes, vol. 2, Casterman, Paris, 1972, p. 356.
  7. ^ "داریوش بوربور (Dariush Borbor)", Mashhad Encyclopedia, http://mashhadenc.ir/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B4-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1/
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  9. ^ Michel Ragon, Histoire Mondiale de l'Architecture et de l'Urbanisme Modernes, vol. 2, Casterman, Paris, 1972, p. 356.
  10. ^ "Persischer Brief" and "Rédacteur", Architecture: Formes et Fonctions, vol. 12, Lausanne, 1965/1966, pp. 146, 147, https://books.google.com/books?id=_X0UAQAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=borbor
  11. ^ Editor, The Diplomat, vol. 1. 10, Tehran, 1973, p. 57, https://books.google.com/books?id=CXhWAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Dariush+Borbor%22&dq=%22Dariush+Borbor%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjh_uD1jaLTAhUoL8AKHd34BS8Q6AEIKTAB; Alex, Shams, "Iran Hits the Beach", Roads & Kingdoms and Slate, September 12, 2016; http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/roads/2016/09/iranians_are_heading_to_the_beach_in_record_numbers.html
  12. ^ IBNA, Iran's Book News Agency, September 23, 2014; http://www.ibna.ir/en/doc/naghli/207885/international-congress-of-iranologists-in-montreal-reviewed
  13. ^ a b http://forumfortheculturalstudiesofiran.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/conferences/abstracts-and-bios/
  14. ^ “Biography, Dr. Dariush Borbor”, From Persepolis to Isfahan: Safeguarding Cultural Heritage, Programme, Iran Heritage Foundatin (IHF), London, January 16-18m 2015, p. 14.
  15. ^ http://www.ammi.ir/%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%88-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D9%88-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B4-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1/
  16. ^ Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, “Modeling Tehran”, Majalla, August 24, 2010, http://eng.majalla.com/2010/08/article55110909/modeling-tehran
  17. ^ “Dariush Borbor”, Encyclopedia of Urban Planning, ed. Arnold Whittick, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1974, p. viii.
  18. ^ “Borbor Consulting Architects Presented with International Gold Mercury Award from Italy”, Tehran Journal, Tehran, December 22, 1976, p. 2.
  19. ^ Karolina Udovički; Aca Arsenijević; Milan Bosnić; Milan Kopanja; Ivica Mladenović, Drugi beogradski trijenale svetske arhitekture : [50 istaknutih arhitekata sveta] = The Second Belgrade Triennial of World Architecture : [50 outstanding architects of the world] : Beogradski sajam, hala 2, 4-12 juni/June 1988, Savez arhitekata, Beogard, 1988.
  20. ^ “Design Prize”, Tehran Journal, Tehran, September 7, 1976, p. 3.
  21. ^ H.M. Zavosh, Dowlatmardān Iran va Sāxtār-e Nehādhā dar Dowrān-e Pahlavi, Našr-e 󠅡Ešāra, Tehran, 1370/2001, p. 102; Ghobad Fakhimi, Sī Sāl Naft-e Iran: Az Mellī Šodan tā Enqelāb Eslāmī, vol. 1, Mehrandīš, 1378/2009, p. 38;
  22. ^ Iran Who’s who, 3rd edition, Echo of Iran, Tehran, 1976, p. 113.
  23. ^ "داریوش بوربور (Dariush Borbor)", Mashhad Encyclopedia, http://mashhadenc.ir/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B4-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1/; architects.ir, http://architects.ir/index.aspx?siteid=1&pageid=2134&newsview=16377&pro=nobak}}
  24. ^ architects.ir, http://architects.ir/index.aspx?siteid=1&pageid=2134&newsview=16377&pro=nobak
  25. ^ "Dariush Borbor: An Everlasting Personality in Architecture of Iran", Maskan Group, http://maskangp.com/persian/%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AD%DB%8C-%D9%88-%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C/%D8%A8%D8%B2%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C/839-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B4-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%8C-%DA%86%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86.html
  26. ^ architects.ir, http://architects.ir/index.aspx?siteid=1&pageid=2134&newsview=16377&pro=nobak
  27. ^ “Les Architectes Français ont-ils leurs chances aux Etats-Unis?”, Le Moniteur, Supp. no. 20, le 17 Mai, 1982, Paris, pp. 48-49; architects.ir, http://architects.ir/index.aspx?siteid=1&pageid=2134&newsview=16377&pro=nobak.
  28. ^ "داریوش بوربور (Dariush Borbor)", Mashhad Encyclopedia, http://mashhadenc.ir/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B4-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1/
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  30. ^ “This years’ competition winners”, The Architects' Journal, July 25, 1957, p. 130.
  31. ^ “Liverpool Reconstruction Scheme”, The Town Planning Review, vol. XXX, no. 1, Liverpool University Press, April 1959, Liverpool, plates 2-3.
  32. ^ “Borbor Consulting Architects Presented with International Gold Mercury Award from Italy”, Tehran Journal, Tehran, December 22, 1976, p. 2.
  33. ^ https://associationforiranianstudies.org/civicrm/profile/view?reset=1&id=556&gid=5
  34. ^ https://associationforiranianstudies.org/civicrm/profile/view?reset=1&id=556&gid=5
  35. ^ “Design Prize”, Tehran Journal, Tehran, September 7, 1976, p. 3.
  36. ^ Karolina Udovički; Aca Arsenijević; Milan Bosnić; Milan Kopanja; Ivica Mladenović, Drugi beogradski trijenale svetske arhitekture : [50 istaknutih arhitekata sveta] = The Second Belgrade Triennial of World Architecture : [50 outstanding architects of the world] : Beogradski sajam, hala 2, 4-12 juni/June 1988, Savez arhitekata, Beogard, 1988.
  37. ^ Kayhan International, May 15, 1967, p. 2.
  38. ^ Leila Aminian, "Meydan-e panzdah khordad Mashhad takhrib shod", Iran Architecture & Urbanism News Agency (ARUNA), March 3, 2007, http://news.aruna.ir/archives/2007/Mar/%202/994.php
  39. ^ “Museum and Library for Islamic Art and Books – Mashhad, Iran”, Architecture Contemporaine, vol. 5, Editions Anthony Krafft, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1983, pp. 225-228.
  40. ^ Habib Borjian "Nowšahr", Encyclopædia Iranica online, October 17, 2013, updated August 4, 2014; http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/nowsahr
  41. ^ Dariush Borbor, “Planning Policy for the Caspian Coast”, Kayhan International, Tehran, 25 August 1964, http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/nowsahr
  42. ^ “Dariush Borbor”, Encyclopedia of Urban Planning, ed. Arnold Whittick, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1974, p. viii.
  43. ^ “Iran”, Encyclopedia of Urban Planning, ed. Arnold Whittick, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1974, pp. 565-67; "Has Religion a Future", The Architectural Review, the Architectural Press, London, March 1970, p. 189; https://www.architectural-review.com/rethink/campaigns/manplan/manplan-5-religion-part-iii-has-religion-a-future/10004748.article.
  44. ^ Kayhan International, November 14, 1968, p. 3.
  45. ^ https://archnet.org/sites/373; "Mashad Commercial Center". Archived from the original on 19 January 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  46. ^ mediabokslut.se/numeration.asp?60220
  47. ^ http://www.biblioiranica.info/wine-culture-in-iran-and-neighbouring-countries/


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