Dariush Borbor Explained

Dariush Borbor
Birth Name:April 28, 1934
Significant Buildings:Urban Renewal of Mashhad City Centre (1968)
Commercial Centre Bazaar Reza (1976)
Museum and Library (1976)
Awards:Gold Mercury International Award (1976)
Royal Pahlavi Prize (1977)
50 Outstanding Architects of the World (1988)
Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters / Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2020)
EduRank 100 Notable Alumni of University of Liverpool (2021)

Dariush Borbor (fa|داریوش بوربور, born April 28, 1934), is an Iranian-French architect, urban planner, designer, sculptor, painter, researcher, and writer.[1] [2] [3] In 1963, Borbor established his own firm under the name of Borbor Consulting Architects, Engineers, City Planners. In 1976, he set up Sphere Iran, a consortium of four specialist consulting firms, and proposed a comprehensive National Environmental Master plan for Iran.[4] In 1992, he created the Research Institute and Library of Iranian Studies (RILIS) where he is the director.[5] [6]

Borbor is widely regarded as one of the avant-garde architects of the modern movement in Iran; a pioneer of modern urban planning,[7] [8] named by some as "father of modern urban planning",[9] [10] [11] [12] and a key figure in the promotion and creation of the High Urban Planning Council (1966, fa|شورای عالی شهرسازی).[13] [14] He was described by Swiss architectural critic Anthony Krafft as "one of the most innovative architects who is perhaps on the way of creating a Persian architectural style of the 20th century";[15] and French architectural critic Michel Ragon defined him as "the architect in search of a modern Iranian architectural style".[16] He has won many competitions and received several international prizes and awards, including the Gold Mercury International from Italy,[17] 50 Outstanding Architects of the World from the Second Belgrade Triennial of World Architecture,[18] and the Pahlavi Royal Award.[19]

Early life

Dariush Borbor was born in April 1934. His father was Gholam Hossein khan Borbor (fa|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.[20] Borbor had his primary schooling in Iran. At the age of thirteen, 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.[21] He then went to specialize in the architecture of hot dry regions at the University of Geneva (1961) under the direction of the French architect and urban planner Eugène Beaudouin.[22]

Career

While working for his PhD, he collaborated concurrently with the Swiss urban planner Professor Arnold Hoechel and the architects Robert Frei and Christian Hunziker on several projects, including the first automatic bowling alleys in Meyrin Commune, Geneva, and Beirut, Lebanon.[5]

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.[23] 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.[5] [24]

A few months prior to the 1978 Iranian Islamic Revolution, 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.[25] In 1984, he moved to Los Angeles where he was involved in some architectural consultancy and research on Iranian and Persianate subjects.[6]

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.[5] [26] [27] He is a Consultant and active contributor to the Encyclopædia Iranica.

Prizes and awards

Selected projects and writings

Architecture

Regional planning

Urban and landscape design

Bibliography

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ASPS Newsletter, no. 37, Fall 2016, pp. 6–7.
  2. Web site: Dariush Borbor . Caoi.ir . September 23, 2016 . 2017-06-17.
  3. Web site: 20 Years of Iran and the Caucasus: A Breakthrough International Conference Dedicated to the 20th Anniversary of IRAN AND THE CAUCASUS. October 16, 2016. "China-Eurasia" Council for Political and Strategic Research. 2017-06-09.
  4. Web site: داریوش بوربور – دانشنامه مشهد . Mashhadenc.ir . June 20, 2014 . 2017-06-17.
  5. Web site: اخبار > داریوش بوربور ، چهره ماندگار در معماری ایران . Architects.ir . 2017-06-17 . August 6, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170806101608/http://architects.ir/index.aspx?siteid=1&pageid=2134&newsview=16377&pro=nobak . dead .
  6. Web site: mashhadenc . داریوش بوربور – دانشنامه مشهد . Mashhadenc.ir . June 20, 2014 . 2017-06-17.
  7. Book: The Diplomat . January 23, 2008 . 2017-06-17.
  8. Web site: Shams . Alex . Iranians are heading to the beach in record numbers . Slate.com . September 12, 2016 . 2017-06-17.
  9. News: IBNA – International Congress of Iranologists in Montreal reviewed. Behnegarsoft.com. September 24, 2014. Iran's Book News Agency (IBNA). 2017-06-09. en. August 6, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170806140350/http://www.ibna.ir/en/doc/naghli/207885/international-congress-of-iranologists-in-montreal-reviewed. dead.
  10. Web site: Abstracts and Bios – Forum for the Cultural Studies of Iran. forumfortheculturalstudiesofiran.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk. May 19, 2017.
  11. "Biography, Dr. Dariush Borbor", From Persepolis to Isfahan: Safeguarding Cultural Heritage, Programme, Iran Heritage Foundation (IHF), London, January 16-18m 2015, p. 14.
  12. Web site: داریوش بوربور. Ammi.ir. May 19, 2017. August 6, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170806101534/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/. dead.
  13. News: Modeling Tehran – Majalla Magazine. August 24, 2010. Majalla Magazine. 2017-06-09. en-US.
  14. "Dariush Borbor", Encyclopedia of Urban Planning, ed. Arnold Whittick, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1974, p. viii.
  15. Book: Architecture: formes + fonctions . November 10, 2010 . 2017-06-17.
  16. Michel Ragon, Histoire Mondiale de l'Architecture et de l'Urbanisme Modernes, vol. 2, Casterman, Paris, 1972, p. 356.
  17. "Borbor Consulting Architects Presented with, Tehran Journal, Tehran, December 22, 1976, p. 2.
  18. 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.
  19. "Design Prize", Tehran Journal, Tehran, September 7, 1976, p. 3.
  20. 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;
  21. Iran Who's who, 3rd edition, Echo of Iran, Tehran, 1976, p. 113.
  22. News: داریوش بوربور – دانشنامه مشهد. دانشنامه مشهد. 2017-06-09. fa-IR.
  23. Web site: پروفایل اتووود شرکت بوربور مهندسین مشاور . Etoood.com . 2017-06-17.
  24. Web site: Archived copy . maskangp.com . May 22, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211120174947/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 . November 20, 2021 . dead.
  25. Web site: Architects. architects.ir. April 25, 2017. August 18, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170818091925/http://architects.ir/index.aspx?siteid=1&pageid=2134&newsview=16377&pro=noba. dead.
  26. Web site: معمار خطوط آزاد | جدید آنلاین . fa . Jadidonline.com . July 20, 2010 . 2017-06-17.
  27. Web site: Fall 2016 Newsletter . Persianatesocieties.org . 2017-06-17.
  28. "This years' competition winners", The Architects' Journal, July 25, 1957, p. 130.
  29. "Liverpool Reconstruction Scheme", The Town Planning Review, vol. XXX, no. 1, Liverpool University Press, April 1959, Liverpool, plates 2–3.
  30. "Borbor Consulting Architects Presented with International Gold Mercury Award from Italy", Tehran Journal, Tehran, December 22, 1976, p. 2.
  31. Web site: Iranian Studies Directory – Association for Iranian Studies. associationforiranianstudies.org. May 19, 2017.
  32. "Design Prize", Tehran Journal, Tehran, September 7, 1976, p. 3.
  33. 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.
  34. https://www.culture.gouv.fr/Nous-connaitre/Organisation/Conseil-de-l-Ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Arretes-de-Nominations-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Nomination-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres-ete-2020.
  35. https://edurank.org/uni/university-of-liverpool/alumni/
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  37. Kayhan International, May 15, 1967, p. 2.
  38. Web site: Leila Aminian. "Meydan-e panzdah khordad Mashhad takhrib shod". Iran Architecture & Urbanism News Agency. March 3, 2007. 2017-06-17. July 16, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190716043930/http://news.aruna.ir/archives/2007/Mar/%202/994.php. dead.
  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. Web site: NOWŠAHR – Encyclopaedia Iranica . Iranicaonline.org . 2017-06-17.
  41. "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, Encyclopedia of Urban Planning|editor=Arnold Whittick|publisher=McGraw-Hill|location=New York|year=1974|pages=565–67
  42. Kayhan International, November 14, 1968, p. 3.
  43. Web site: Mashad Commercial Center . Archnet.org . 2017-06-17.
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