Dariush Borbor

In 1992, he created the Research Institute and Library of Iranian Studies (RILIS) where he is the director. Borbor is a respected contributor to modern architecture and Iranian studies. He has been described as one of the avant-garde architects of the modern movement, a pioneer of modern urban planning in Iran, named by some as "father of modern urban planning", and a key figure in the promotion and creation of the High Urban Planning Council (1966). 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". French architectural critic Michel Ragon defined him as "the architect in search of a modern Iranian architectural style". He has won many competitions and received several international prizes and awards, including the Gold Mercury International from Italy, 50 Outstanding Architects of the World from the Second Belgrade Triennial of World Architecture, and the Pahlavi Royal Award.

• Name — Dariush Borbor • Birth Name — 28 April 1934 • Birthplace — Tehran, Iran • Education — University of Liverpool University of Geneva • 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)

• Illustration — 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), Iranpour, Borbor (Urban Planning Consultant) Dariush Borbor was born in April 1934. His father was Gholam Hossein khan Borbor, 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. His family belonged to the Borbor tribe, a tribe scattered across Iran, which was largely unknown until he later brought attention to the tribe and gave much information. 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. 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.

• Illustration — Mashhad 1974, Presentation of the Urban Renewal of Mashhad City Centre to the Shah by Dariush Borbor, Architect-Planner While working for his PhD, he collaborated concurrently with the Swiss urban planner Professor Arnold Hoechel and the architects Frei Hunziker, Architectes Associés on several projects, including the first automatic bowling alleys in Meyrin Commune, Geneva, and Beirut, Lebanon. 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. 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. The firm employed a large number of highly qualified multi-national staff and included branch offices in several major cities in Iran. 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. In 1984, he moved to Los Angeles where he was involved in some architectural consultancy and research on Iranian and Persianate subjects. 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. He is a Consultant and active contributor to the Encyclopædia Iranica.

• 1967, The Ice Palace recreation centre, Pahlavi Avenue, Tehran • 1971, Monument Mashhad (demolished in 2010) • 1976, Museum and library, Mashhad, Iran • Illustration — Mashhad City Centre Urban Renewal, Mashhad, 2025

• 1963–1966, Nowshahr-Chalus Regional Plan • 1964–1965, Caspian Coast Regional Plan • 1969–1973, Abadan-Khoramshahr Regional Plan

• 1968, Project for the urban renewal of Mashhad City Centre • 1968, Kakhk post-earthquake reconstruction • 1976, Bazaar Reza shopping mall, Mashhad • Illustration — Monument, Vahshi Bafghi, Yazd, 1977

• Illustration — 1953, "Flowers", Aquarelle (30 x 22 cm.) by Dariush Borbor • Illustration — 1957, "Lovers, Black and White in Unity" oil on canvas (60 cm. x 46 cm.) by Dariush Borbor, presented to Nelson Mandela in 2007 by the artist on the 50th anniversary of the painting • Illustration — Chair, Tehran, Iran, 1961 • Illustration — House Extension, Mousavizadeh, South View, Tehran, 1974 • Illustration — House Nahavandi, North View, Tehran, 1965 • Illustration — Landscape, Park Ahwaz, 1966 • Illustration — Monument, Abadan, Iran 1971

Dariush Borbor is recorded with the occupation architect. Recorded as architect, writer, designer, painter and sculptor.