English CV – Mehrdad Qayyoomi

Mehrdad Qayyoomi Bidhendi

Associate Professor, Shahid Beheshti University
Associate Member, The Iranian Academy of Art
Invited Member, The Iranian Academy of Science
Invited Member, The Iranian Academy of Persian Language and Literature
Emails:
m-qayyoomi@sbu.ac.ir; qayyoomi@gmail.com
Webs:
Personal Web page;
Academia

Education

PhD in Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 2007
MA in Art Studies, University of Art, Tehran 2002
BA in Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 1987

Honors and Awards

Distinguished Researcher of Shahid Beheshti University 2012
Seasonal Book Award of Islamic Republic of Iran, for Persian translation of Risāla-yi Mi’mārīyya 2011
First and Special Award, Farabi International Award, for “Principles of Researching Iranian Architecture in Persian Primary Sources” 2010
Research Fellowship, Farabi International Award 2010
Annual Book Award of Iran, for Persian translation of Meaning in Western Architecture 2009
Annual Book Award of Iran, for Persian translation of The Topkapi Scroll: Geometry and Ornament in Islamic Architecture 2003

Memberships

Associate Member, the Iranian Academy of Art, since 2003
Invited Member, the Iranian Academy of Science, Since 2012
Invited Member, the Iranian Academy of Persian Language and Literature, since 2012
Member of Editorial Board, Athar Quarterly, 2013-2020
Affiliated Member, Iran ICOMOS Since 2008
Member of the Board of Trustees, Art Studies Center, the Iranian Academy of Art Since 2006
Faculty Member, Iranshahrpedia (Encyclopedia of Iranian Architectural History) Since 2006
Member of the Committee of Architecture and Urban Planning, Iranian Academy of Art Since 2000

Positions

Faculty Member, Center for Iranian Architectural Studies and Documentation, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran Since 2002
Head of Iranshahrpedia (Encyclopedia of Iranian Architectural History) Since 2015
Head of the Department of Architectural History and Conservation, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 2008-2011
Editor-in-Chief and Founder Editor, Golestān-e Honar (Gulistān-i Hunar: Quarterly of the Iranian Academy of Art, on the History of Iranian Art and Architecture) 2005-2011
Member of Editorial Board, Khiyāl (Quarterly of the Iranian Academy of Art, on the Philosophy and Theory of Art) 2002-2011
Head and Founder of the Committee of Art History, the Iranian Academy of Art 2006-2007
Faculty Member, the Iranian Academy of Art, 2004-2007
Editor-in-Chief and Founder Editor, Khiyāl (Quarterly of the Iranian Academy of Art, on the Philosophy and Theory of Art) 2002-2005
Chief’s Consultant, Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization 2002-2003
Member of Jury, the First Congress on “Bath in Iranian Culture”, Kerman 2003
Member of the Board of Directors and Jury, the Third and Fourth Congress on the History of Iranian Architecture and Urbanism, Bam 2003-2007
Dean of the Office, Head Office of Museums in Iran 2002
Member of Editorial Board, Moozé-hā (Quarterly journal on museum affairs) 2002
Secretary of the Architecture and Urbanism Committee, the Iranian Academy of Art 2001
Deputy of General Director, Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization –Isfahan Province 2000
Editor-in-Chief and Founder Editor, Ravāq (Quarterly on architecture & art studies) 1998-2000

Research and Teaching Interests

History of Iranian and Persianate Architecture and Art
Islamic Architecture and Art
Theory and Methodology of Architectural History
Theory of Architecture and Art

Publications:

1. Articles

Architecture of Art and Magical Architecture in Shahnama (with Mona Bolouri Bazzaz), in Maremmat va Memari, Fall 2021.
The Concept of Maidan in Qajar Iran: Transformation to an
Embodiment of the Public Sphere (with Mahnam Najafi), in International Journal of Environmental Studies, vol. 78, no. 6, Dec. 2021
Probing Through Iranian Architectural History Within the Framework of an Ontology Development Process (with Dena Shamsizadeh and Niloofar Razavi), in Digital Humanities Quarterly, vol. 15. no. 3, Oct. 2021
The Place of Architecture in Knowledge Classifications of the
First Islamic Centuries (with Rouhollah Mojtahedzadeh), in Wiener zeitschrift für die kunde des morgenlandes, no. 111, 2021
Tacit Knowledge and Its Varieties in Architecture, Based on H. Collins’ Model (with Omid Shams), in Mutāli’āt-i Me’mārī-yi Īrān, 2021
Paradises of the Pen: A Survey of Persian Gardens in the Eleventh Century Persian Literature, in Fardanesh F., Arefian F.F. (eds.), Persian Paradises at Peril. The Urban Book Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62550-4_2, 2021
The Concept of Architectural Criticism: Its History and Types, (with Motahhareh Danaeifar), in Pažuheš Nāma-i Farhangestān-i Hunar, 2019
A Conceptual History of Muhandis in the First Half of the Qajar Period, (with Zahra Golshan), in Soffeh, no. 87, 2020
The Idea of Non-Historical Essence of Islamic Architecture of Iran: a Critique on Two Viewpoints (the Sense of Unity and Khisht-u Khiyāl), (with Shabnam Haji-Jafari), in Gulistān-i Hunar (Golestān-e Honar), no. 17, 2019
The Concept of Architectural Criticism: Its History and Types, (with M. Danayifar), in Pažuheš Nāma-i Farhangestān-i Hunar, no. 2, 2019
Two Documents Related to the Architecture of Estarabad Village Baths, (with Mohadesseh Nazifkar), in Athar, no. 80, 2018
The Architecture of Dār al-Funūn School and Its Changes in Qajar Period, (with Boshra Moossavi), in Nāma-yi Me’mārī-u Shahrsāsī, no. 20, 2018
The Status of the Concept of “Architecture” in Muslims’ Science Classifications in the First Islamic Centuries, with an Emphasis on Fārābi’s Work, (with R. Mojtahedzadeh), in Mutāli’āt-i Me’mārī-yi Īrān, no. 13, 2018
‘Ilm al-‘Uqud: A Key to Understanding the Relations between the Sciences and Architecture in the Islamic World, (with R. Mojtahedzadeh), in Tārīx-i ‘Ilm, vol. 15, no. 2, 2018
History of Architectural Design Education in Shahid Beheshti University: the Formation Phase, (with Yahya Sepehri), in Soffeh, 2017
The Norm of Mādī: Managing Water in Safavid Isfahan, (with S. Mahmoudian), in Beiträge zur Islamischen Kunst und Archaäologie, 2017
The Concept of Architecture in the Transitional Era from the Late Sassanids to the Early Islamic Period: An Introduction to the Conceptual History of Iranian Architecture, (with M. Danayifar), in Mutāli’āt-i Me’mārī-i Īrān, no. 10, 2017
Art History on the Basis of Artists, (with Fatemeh Goldar), in Mutāli’āt-I Tatbīqī-yi Honar, 2015
Where is the path of mosque and pub? A discussion on quiddity of the remained building from the fifth century in the province of Zaveh, (with Sina Soltani), in the Proceedings of the Congress on Abolgāsem Gorgāni, 2015
Book Review: Saeid Khaghani. Islamic Architecture in Iran: Poststructural Theory and the Architectural History of Iranian Mosques. London and New York: I. B. Tauris, 2012. in Islamic Studies, 2015
Architecture, Land, and Man: Rereading, reviewing and criticism of Pirnia’s suggested principles for Iranian architecture, (with M. Abdollahzadeh), in Kimiya-i Honar, 2015
A Lost Architecture: Khaniqah in Fifth/Eleventh Century Khurasan, (with Sina Soltani), in Mutāli’āt-i Me’mārī-i Īrān, no. 6, 2015
Roshtkhār Monument: Mosque or Khaneqah? (with Sina Soltani), in Nāma-yi Me’mārī-u Shahrsāsī, no. 13, 2014
Pattern and Beyond: an Introduction to Aesthetics of Naghsh and Painting in Rumi’s Mathnawi, (with Hamidreza Pishvaie), in Kimiya-ye-Honar, 2014
Cultural History in Iranian Architectural History: Its Feasibility and Uses (with Nazanin Shahidi), in Mutāli’āt-i Tārikh-i Farhangī, no. 17, 2013
Hanjār-i Mādī: Water Management System in Safavid Isfahan (with Safa Mahmoudian), in Nāma-yi Me’mārī-u Shahrsāsī, no. 10, 2013
Khāk-u Khirad: Reflections on the Status of Architecture in Rumi’s Mathnawi (with Hamidreza Pishvaie), in Mutāli’āt-i Me’mārī-yi Īrān, no. 3, 2013
History of Mentalities in Iranian Architecture: an Introduction (with Omid Shams), in Mutāli’āt-i Me’mārī-yi Īrān, no. 2, 2013
A Flowers Harvest for the Friends of Architectural School: Reflections on Pirnia’s Achievements for Architectural Education in Iran (with M. Abdollahzadeh), in Fasl-nāma-yi Āmūzish-i Muhandidī-yi Īrān, no. 56, 2013
The Theory of Living Time in Periodization of Iranian Architectural History, in International Journal of Architecture and Urban Planning, no. 7, 2012
Bām-u būm-u mardum: Rereading Pirnia’s Principles for Iranian Architecture (with M. Abdollahzadeh), in Mutāli’āt-i Me’mārī-yi Īrān, no. 1, 2012
An Introduction to Relation of Man and Space as Seen in Rumi’s Mathnawi (with Hamidreza Pishvaie), in Mawlānā- Pazhūhī, no. 4, 2011
The Islamic Artist and Zikr: Rethinking the Relation between Islamic Art and Sufism, in 2nd International Symposium on Mystical Aspects of Islamic Art and Literature, Kuala Lampur 2010
The Islamic Artist and Zikr: Rethinking the Relation the Islamic Art and Mysticism, in al-Shajarah, Special issue. 2010
Rethinking the Relation between Islamic Art and Mysticism on the Basis of Historical Evidences, in Tārīkh-u Tamaddon-i Islāmī, no. 12, 2010
Az Sirishk Tā Pārgīn: Water and City in the Persian Prose of the First Islamic Centuries, in Suffa (Soffeh), no. 48, 2010
In Search of an Iranian Philosophy of Architectural History: the Theory of Living Time, in the International Congress on the Day of Philosophy 2010
Reflections on Some Terms on Old of Calligraphy (with Mehdi Sahragard), in Pazhūhesh-nāma-yi Farhangistān-i Hunar, no. 15, 2010
From Tear to Sewer, in the 2nd International Conference on Water, Ecosystem and Sustainable Development in Arid and Semi-Arid Zones 2009
Az Sirishk Tā Pārgīn: Water and City in the Persian Prose of the First Islamic Centuries, in International Congress of the Islamic Philosophy and the Challenges of the Modern World 2009
On the Sources of the History of Iranian Architecture and Its Research Principles, in Gulistān-i Hunar (Golestān-e Honar), no. 15, 2009
Gardens of Khurāsān in Beyhaqī’s History, in Suffa (Soffeh), no. 46, 2008
Craft Ethics: Adab Treatises as Resources of Iranian Art History, in Gulistān-i Hunar (Golestān-e Honar), no. 10, 2008
Temperament of Time: the Theory of Living Time in the Periodization of Iranian Architectural History, in Gulistān-i Hunar (Golestān-e Honar), no. 7, 2007
Gardens of Khurasan in Beyhaqi’s History, in the Proceedings of the First Congress on the History of Iranian Architecture and Urbanism – Kerman, Bam 2006
Tārīkh-i Zākirāna: Seeking a Theoretical Basis for History and History of Art in Iranian Culture on the Basis of Beyhaqi’s History, Conference on Art, Tradition, and Traditionalists, Tehran 2006
Theory Construction and the alphabet of Theory Creating, in Suffa (Soffeh), no. 40, 2006
Architectural Training in Pre-Modern Era on the Basis of Risāla-yi Mi’māriyya, in Suffa (Soffeh), no. 42, 2006
Four Histories of Iranian Architecture: a Critical Analysis, in Khiyāl, no. 15, 2005
Three Monuments of the Ne’matollahi Sufi Order in Iran, in the Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Seyyed Shah Nematollah, Leiden Univesity, Leiden, 2005
Oleg Grabar, His Thoughts and Work, in Dānishnāma, no. 2, 2004
Titus Burkhardt on Art, in the First Conference on Art, Tradition, and Traditionalists, Tehran 2004
Architectural Training in Pre-Modern Era on the Basis of Risāla-yi Mi’māriyya, in the First Conference on Spirituality and Art Education, Tehran 2004
The Architect and Zikr, in the Proceedings of the Conference on the Traditionalist Criticism of Modernity 2003
The Architect and Zikr, in Irfān-i Īrān, no. 12, 2002
The Shrine of Shāh Ne’matollāh, an Architectural Analysis, in the Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Seyyed Shah Nematollah, San Joze Univ., California, 2002
Ganj-Ali Khān Public Bath, in Ravāq, no. 4, 2000
Hasht-Behesht Pavilion, in Ravāq, no. 3, 1999
Ghiyāssiyya Madrasa in Khargird, in Ravāq, no. 2, 1999
Risāla-yi Me’mārīyya and the Architect of Ahmadīyya Mosque, in the Proceedings of the First Congress on Architecture of Mosque −Past, Present and Future, Isfahan, 1998
Light and Sight in the Architecture of Kāshān’s Bazar (with Mahmoud Arzhmand), in the Proceedings of the First Congress on the History of Iranian Architecture and Urbanism – Kerman, Bam, 1996

2. Articles (Translation)

Persian translation of “Ilkhanid Architecture and Society: An Analysis of Endowment Deed of the Rab-‘e Rashīdī” by Sheila S. Blair, in Gulistān-i Hunar (Golestān-e Honar), no. 13, 2008
Persian translation of “Four Sources on Shah Abbas Building of Isfahan”, by R.D. Mc Chesney, in Gulistān-i Hunar (Golestān-e Honar), no. 6, 2007
Persian translation of “Symbols, Structure and Rituals”, by Thomas Barrie, in Khiyāl, no. 13, 2005
Persian translation of “Interpretational- Historical Research” by David Wang, in Suffa (Soffeh), no. 39, 2005
Persian translation of “Safi al-Din Urmawi”, by Eckhardt Neubauer, in Khiyāl, no. 11, 2004
Persian translation of “Inquiry Systems and Research Quality Criteria” by Linda Groat, in Suffa (Soffeh), no. 37, 2004
Persian translation of “Pattern and Cosmology” by Keith Critchlow, in Jām-i naw va may-i kuhan (Collected Essays by the Prominent Thinkers of Sophia Perennia) 2004
Persian translation of “Symbolism” by Vital Perry, in Jām-i Naw Va May-i Kuhan (Collected Essays by the Prominent Thinkers of Sophia Perennia) 2004
Persian translation of “Notes on the Philosophy of Persian Art”, by Ananda K. Coomaraswami, in Ravāq, no. 1, 1998

3. Prefaces, Essays, Presentation & Interviews

Presentation: The Origins of Modern Directions of Governmental Architecture in the Early Qājār Period- Reassessing Nineteenth-Century Art in Islamic Countries, Ernst Herzfeld Society Thirteenth Colloquium, July 6–9, 2017, Department of Art History, University of Vienna, Austria
Preface to the Yahya Sepehri’s Book: A History of the Faculty of Architecture in Shahid Beheshti University Architectural Design Education in the Formation Stage, 2017
Preface to the Safa Mahmoudian’s Book: the Story of Fadan: Architecture, Urban Space, and Life along a Water Canal in Safavid Isfahan, 2017
Essay: The Exceedance of Architectural Metaphors , in Shīveh, 2017
Note on the People’s History of Iranian Architecture, in Mardomnāmeh, 2016
Interview: Philosophy of Architecture, 2015
Preface to Mehdi Arefi’s Book: Khargird and Madrasa, 2015
Preface to the Mitra Hashemi’s Book: An Introduction to the Oral History of Iranian Architecture, 2014
Interview: Psychotic City and Islamic Architecture, 2014
Essay: Architecture as Cultural Manifestation, 2014
Preface to Mehdi Tamizi’s Book: In the Shade of Cypress: The Picture of Cypress Tombstones in Isfahan, 2013
Interview: Commentators of the Western Architecture, 2011
Preface to the Book: Paintings on the Wooden Ceilings of Azarbaijan Vernacular Mosques, 2010
Essay: Patronage and the Hidden Aspects of the History of Iranian Art, in Gulistān-i Hunar (Golestān-e Honar), no. 13, 2008
Essay: The Layers of Persian Garden, in Gulistān-i Hunar (Golestān-e Honar), no. 12, 2008
Essay: Restoration of Heart and Restoration of Clay: B. Shirazi among the Chain of Conservators, in Gulistān-i Hunar (Golestān-e Honar), Special Issue 2008
Essay: Difficulties in the Study of Iranian Architectural History, and the Phenomenon of B. Shirazi, in Gulistān-i Hunar (Golestān-e Honar), no. 8, 2007
Essay: Safavid Isfahan and the Problem of Classification in the History of Iranian Art, in Gulistān-i Hunar (Golestān-e Honar), no. 5, 2007
Essay: A Plan for the Oral History of Iranian Architecture, in the Website of Iranian Cultural Heritage News Agency (www.chn.ir) 2003
Essay: Cultural Heritage, Matter of Nostalgia, Confusion, or Life?, in the Website of Iranian Cultural Heritage News Agency (www.chn.ir) 2003
Essay: After Forty Years Pain and Grief …: a Review on Ganjnameh, in the Website of Iranian Cultural Heritage News Agency (www.chn.ir) 2003
Essay: For I’m the Sun-slave…, in Ravāq, no. 4, 2000
Essay: A Letter of Treasure: a Review on Ganjnameh, in Ravāq, no. 2, 1999

4. Books

Art in Islamic Civilization: Architecture 2, 2019
Art in Islamic Civilization: Architecture 1, 2018
Ganjnameh: Cyclopedia of Iranian Islamic Architecture, Vols. 15 and 16: Mansions (supervised by Kambiz Haji-Qassemi), 2018
Theories of Architectural and Art History; An Annotated Babliography, 2015
Researches on Art and Architecture; History and Theory, 2015
Ten Stories on Architecture, 2015
Essays on the Theory and History of Architecture and Art, 2012
Persian Literature as Source of Architectural History: a Bibliographical Introduction, volume 1: Persian Prose of the First Islamic Centuries, 2012
Dictionary of Iranian Architecture in Persian Reference Books, volume 2: Proper Names (with S. Mohammad Beheshti), 2012
Dictionary of Iranian Architecture in Persian Reference Books, volume 1: Terms and Concepts (with S. Mohammad Beheshti), 2010
Trilingual Dictionary of Islamic Architecture (with S. Ali Emadi Estarabadi), 2009
Ganjnameh: Cyclopedia of Iranian Islamic Architecture, Vols. 9 and 10: Bazaars (supervised by Kambiz Haji-Qassemi), 2005

5. Books (Translation)

Persian translation of Risāla-i Mi’mārīyya, by Ja’far Efendi and Howard Crane, 2011
Persian translation of Architecture: Choice or Fate, by Leon Krier, 2010
Persian translation of Meaning in Western Architecture, by Christian Norberg-Schulz, 2007
Persian translation of the Dynamics of Architectural Form, by Rudolf Arnheim, 2003
Persian translation of the Timeless Way of Building by Christopher Alexander, 2002
Persian translation of Topkapi Scroll: The Geometry and Ornament in Islamic Architecture, by Gülru Necipoglu, 2001
Persian translation of Quranic Art and Calligraphy, by Martin Lings, 1998

Teaching Experience

Pre-Dissertation Course, PhD in Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran Since 2009
Pre-Dissertation Course, PhD in Conservation, Isfahan Art University 2013
Pre-Dissertation Course, PhD in Art Studies, Isfahan Art University 2012
Writing about Architecture, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran Since 2007
Primary Sources of Iranian Architectural History, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran Since 2007
Introduction to Architectural History, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran Since 2011
Workshop on Dissertation Preparation, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 2011-2012
Architectural Design (Studio 4), BA in Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 2008
Introduction to Islamic Architecture, BA in Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 2002-2007

Dissertations & Theses: 1. Supervised

Omid Shams, The Web of Belief of the Architectural Historian‏ : The Relationship between Architectural Historiography and Architectural Tacit Knowledge, PhD in Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, 2021
Hamidreza Pishvaei, Architecture of Gulistan Palace in the Nasirid Period as a Mirror of a Changing Taste, PhD in Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, 2021
Mahdi Hosseini, The Social History of the House ‎Architecture in Girouard’s Perspective: As Revealed in His Life in the English ‎Country HouseMA in Iranian Architectural Studies, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, 2021
Maryam Shaeyan, Objective and Subjective Changes of ‎Domestic Architecture Mentioned in ‎ʿAyn al-Salṭana’s Diary:‎ An Evaluation of Sources, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, 2021
Fateme Zahra Zal, Domesticity And Consumer Culture in ‎Iran: A Review with an Emphasis on the ‎Press Advertisement, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, 2021
Developing the Idea of Architecture’s Historical Criticism, by Motahhareh Danaeifar, PhD in Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, 2021
Studing the Relationship between Gender and Architecture; Women’s Presence in Tehran’s Bazaar, by Maryam Ammarloo, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, 2021
Reading Ali-khan Vali’s Album as a Mirror of His Viewpoint to Architecture, by Mahboobeh Javadikia, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, 2021
“Maidan”: Understanding Its Meaning in Qajar Iran, by Mahnam Najafi, PhD in Architecture, Yazd University, 2020
Ibn Babawayh cemetery as a place of memory, by Maryam Ebrahimi, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, 2020
A Proposal for a Cultural History of Iranian Architecture in Qajar Period, by Parastoo Moqaddami, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, 2020
Russian Formalism, From Literature to Architecture: A Model for Reading Architecture, by Mona Bolouri Bazzaz, PhD in Architecture, Art University, Tehran, 2019.
Architrctural Conservation and Architrctural Historiography: A Theoretical basis for conservation, as an interdisciplinary field in the pursuit of the historiography of Iranian architecture, by Zatollah Nikzad, PhD in Architectural Conservation, Art University of Isfahan, 2020
The Advantage of Architectural History: A Survey of German Contemporary Scholarly Thoughts, by Reyhaneh Heydari, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 2019
Relation between architecture and science in Islamic periods; by emphasis on practical science, by Rouhollah Mojtahedzadeh, PhD in Islamic Architecture, Art University of Isfahan, 2017
Reading architecture in Haft peikar of Nezami with mythology approach, by Sepideh Ahmadkhani, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 2018
The ornaments of Ilkhanid stucco Mihrabs of Iran Stylistic Characteristics on tha basis of Composition and Motifs, by Bahareh Taqavineghad, PhD in Art Studies, Art University of Isfahan, 2017
Architectural Glossary of Maṭlaʿ al-šams: Towards developing The Architectural Dictionary of Qajar Period, by Mehdi Mohamadi, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 2017
Dar al-Funun School Reconstruction based on Imagery Documents, by S. Boshra Moossavi, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 2017
A Story for Building a Mansion in Qajar Isfahan: Inspecting Fiction-writing As a Research Method in Iranian Architectural History, by Samaneh Mohseni Hosseinabadi, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 2017
Mirza Akbar scrolls: Diplomatics research, by Arezou Ahmadlou, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 2017
The City idea in the thirteenth century literature, by Zahra Moshfeghian, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 2017
The oral history of Emam Khomeini (Pahlavi) street in Gorgan Since its construction to the white revolution, by Faezeh KavianTelori, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 2017
A History of the Faculty of Architecture in Shahid Beheshti University: Architectural Design Education in the Formation Stage, by Yahya Sepehri, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 2017
Temperamental Architecture: Developing an Approach on the Relation of Human and Built Environment, Based on Ibn Sinā’s Physics, by Mohammad Mahdi Abdollahzadeh, PhD in Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 2016
The main questions of architectural history in view of experts, by Mohammad Nakhaie, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 2016
Building and construction; reconsideration of the concept of culture and its relation to architecture, by Elnaz Najjar Najafi, PhD in Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 2015
Explain the theoretical bases for periodization of the history of Iranian architecture, by Fatemeh Goldar, PhD in Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 2015
Principles of Persian Architecture: Three Contemporary Viewpoints, by Shabnam Haji-Jafari Bidgoli, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 2014
Nayin Friday Mosque: Rereading Its Physical Configuration and Dating, by Marzieh Niknahad, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies 2014
Thinking about the Landscape Architecture through the links between Its Terms, by Azadeh Rasouli Yazdi, MA in Lanscape Architecture, 2014
Some Basic Concepts of Architecture in Iran in the Transition Period from the Late Sassanid to the First Islamic Era: With an Emphasis on Ābādānī, by Motahareh Danaeifar, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies 2014
A Search for the Principles (ādāb) of Iranian Architecture according to the adab treatises, by Maryam Heydarkhani, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies 2013
Reflections on the Guilds and Roles of Qajar Architects, by Zahra Baradaran Khalkhali, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies 2013
Formal Structure of Tehran Bazaar in Qajar Era, by S. Ahmad Najibi, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies 2013
A Search for Khaniqah’s Architecture in Iran (Fifth/ Thirteen Century Khorasan), by Sina Soltani, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies 2013
The City of Visitation: Rereading Kashan City through the Window of Shiite Pilgrimage, by Zahra Chitsazian, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies 2012
An Introduction to Cultural History of Iranian Architecture, by Nazanin Shahidi Marnani, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies 2012
The Heavens and the Vaults: Levels of Architecture in Relation to Being and Human in Rumi’s Mathnawi, by Hamidreza Pishvaie, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies 2012
From Heavenly to Earthy Architecture: Architecture and Its Alternations in Ferdawsi’s Shahnameh, by Mona Bolouri Bazaz, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies 2012
Oral History in Iranian Architectural History: An Introduction to the Theoretical and Practical Issues, by S. Mitra Hashemi, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies 2011
Qibla in Iranian Architecture: Its Nature, Extent and Aspects, by Majid Heydari Delgarm, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies 2011
The Story of Fadan Mādī: Life, Architecture and Urban Spaces along a Canal in Safavid Isfahan, by Safa Mahmoudian, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies 2011
Architecture between Form and Meaning: the Role and Implications of Context in Architectural History, by Mohammad Gholamali Fallah, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies 2011
The Evolution of Iranian Architecture in the First Islamic Centuries, by Ali Akbari, MA in Architecture, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 2011
Manifestation of Eternity in the Islamic Sacred Architecture as Viewed by the Traditionalists, by Nazanin Karimi, MA in Art Studies, Kashan University 2011
Architectural Terms in the Safavid Period: an Introduction, by Bita Qahramani, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies 2011
Architecture, Life and Beauty in Baburnama: Interpreting some Architectural Issues in Babur’s Autobiography, by Tannaz Latifian Esfahani, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies 2011
Running away from School: Pirnia’s Life and Work in Iranian Architectural Historiography, by Mohammad Mahdi Abdollahzadeh, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies 2011
The Role of Architecture History in Architectural Education: a Review of Viewpoints, by Fahimeh Fotouhi, MA in Architecture, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 2010
From Event to Space: on What Sabat and Meydan Mean in Meybod, by Elnaz Najjar Najafi, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies 2010
Houraman Takht Village: a Physical Analysis in Geographical and Cultural Context, by Nasim Daryaee, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies 2010
The Role of Viziers in the Patronage of Architecture in the Second Half of Safavid Period, by Mahdi Soltani, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies 2010
Architectural Information in Qajar Documents of Estarabad: Kabir Family’s Documents, by Mohaddaseh Nazifkar, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies 2010
Sassanid Chahaar-taaq: Space and Meaning, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies 2010
Madrasa of Khargird: the Story of a Madrasa in the “City of Sun”, by Mahdi Golchin Arefi, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies 2009

Dissertations: 2. Consulted

The Imam Khomeyni (Shah) Mosque: Studying Spatial Quality Changes from Built Time to the End of Mozafar’aldin Shah, by Yasaman Bakhit, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 2019
Harun- i Vilayat Shrine: Its Quiddity and Religious Ties, by Samaneh Pouremadi, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 2019
Understanding Research Method of Geometry and Ornament in Islamic Architecture, by Narges Zamiri, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 2017
Hosseiniyeh Ershad: Between Form and Context, by Saba Madani Ghahfarrokhi, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 2017
Defining Architectural Patterns of Islamic Mausoleums of Iran in Gilan, by Minoo Khakpour, PhD in Art Studies, Alzahra University, 2017
Investigating Al- Ghazali’s view on architecture in Iview ʿūūl al-dīnʾ, by Ehsan Kakhani, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 2017
Ontology of Iranian Architectural History: based on contemporary scholarly publications, by Dena Shamsizadeh Hayat Davoodi, , MA in Iranian Architectural Studies, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 2017
The concept of Past in architecture history books of the West, by Fatemeh Tavanaie Marvi, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 2016
Characteristics of Mosques in Persian Timurid Miniatures in Comparison with Their Contemporary Mosques, by Halimeh Kamour Bandari, MA in Islamic Art, Tehran, Soore University, 2014
Rereading Urban Historical Landscape of Isfahan, by Zahra Farahani, MA in Landscape Architecture, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 2013
Sacred Meaning of Color in Imam Reza’s Holy Shrine, MA in Architecture, by Qodsiyeh Akbari Basseri, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 2012
A Study on the Concept of Center and Its Role in Architectural Creation, by Zoha Nadimi, MA in Architecture, Yazd University 2011
Important Evolution in the Structure of Zanjan City in Qajar and Pahlavi Periods, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 2011
The Relation Between the House Form an the Culture in Qajar Mansions of Tabriz, by Parisa Mohammad-Hosseini Baris, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 2011
The Dual Role of Architecture in the Miniatures of Kamaleddin Bihzad, by Javad Modarresi, MA in Painting, Shahed University, Tehran 2009
Architectural Glossary of Mirza Mahdi Khan-e Shaqaqian Introduction to Architectural Glossary of Qajar Era, by Mohammadreza Gueravandpour, MA in Iranian Architectural Studies, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 2009
Reconstruction of Rab’-e Rashidi on the Basis of Its Waqfiyyeh, by Azita Balali Oskuyi, MA in Architecture, Islamic Art University, Tabriz 200

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Born: Tehran, 1960

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Reading and Translation Competence in English and Arabic
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