Nader Ardalan (born 9 March 1939) is an Iranian architect, urban planner and writer.

Biography

Ardalan was born on 9 March, 1939 in Tehran, Iran. He attended the

Carnegie Institute of Technology Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of its predecessors was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools; it became the Carnegie Institute of Technology ...

, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, obtaining a bachelor of arts degree in 1961. He earned a master's degree in architecture from

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

's Graduate School of Design in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1962. He has served as a Visiting critic in architecture at various institutions of higher education in the world including the

University of Tehran The University of Tehran (Tehran University or UT, fa, دانشگاه تهران) is the most prominent university located in Tehran, Iran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as its research and teaching pro ...

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...

Harvard University Graduate School of Design The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) is the graduate school of design at Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It offers master's and doctoral programs in architecture, landscape architecture, urban ...

, and

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

Works

* ''The Sense of Unity: The Sufi Tradition in Persian Architecture'' with

Laleh Bakhtiar Laleh Mehree Bakhtiar (born Mary Nell Bakhtiar; July 29, 1938 – October 18, 2020) was an Iranian-American Islamic and Sufi scholar, author, translator, and clinical psychologist. Bakhtiar was the first American woman to translate the Quran in ...

Reviews of ''A Sense of Unity: The Sufi Tradition in Persian Architecture'': * * Iranian Studies, Vol. 8, No. 1/2 (Winter - Spring, 1975), pp. 87-104

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ardalan, Nader Iranian architects Carnegie Mellon University alumni Harvard Graduate School of Design alumni

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