Traditionally, Iranian architects were known as ''Mi'mars''. The Persian dictionary of ''Mo'in'' defines Mi'mar as: #That who devises the design and plan of a building, and overlooks its construction. #A Banna #That who is responsible for the building, developing, and repairs of a structure or edifice (Emārat). Classical words ''Banna'', ''Mohandes'', ''Ostad'', and ''Amal'' which appear in classical manuals and references of

Islamic architecture Islamic architecture comprises the architectural styles of buildings associated with Islam. It encompasses both secular and religious styles from the early history of Islam to the present day. The Islamic world encompasses a wide geographic ...

. Although many scholars do not recognize the Mimar and the Architect to historically be the same, they do agree that their responsibilities overlap extensively. In this list, they are taken to be the same. The list is in chronological order and selectively spans the Islamic age based on available records. There is little, if any, record of the numerous masters of architecture that built some of the early Islamic and pre-Islamic world's wonders of

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. It is unknown who built the palaces of

Bishapur Bishapur (Middle Persian: ''Bay-Šāpūr''; fa, بیشاپور}, ''Bishâpûr'') was an ancient city in Sasanid Persia (Iran) on the ancient road between Persis and Elam. The road linked the Sassanid capitals Estakhr (very close to Persepolis ...

Firouzabad Firuzabad ( fa, فيروزآباد or Piruzabad, also Romanized as Fīrūzābād; Middle Persian: Gōr or Ardashir-Khwarrah, literally "The Glory of Ardashir"; also Shahr-e Gūr ) is a city and capital of Firuzabad County, Fars Province, Iran. A ...

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, Susa, or the many other spectacular ancient edifices of Greater Iran. No record of their names exists. Only the ruins of what they built give us a faint indication of what masters must have walked the face of this earth eons ago. Many of the structures remaining today possibly had more than one architect working on them. Only one is mentioned in the following list, and only their most famous work is mentioned. The list also contains the names of builders whom exact dates have been attributed to their buildings.

Pre-Islamic

*Epsay: Holy shrine of

, 271 CE. *Sheyda: Was a legendary master who built the magnificent

Sassanid The Sasanian () or Sassanid Empire, officially known as the Empire of Iranians (, ) and also referred to by historians as the Neo-Persian Empire, was the last Iranian empire before the early Muslim conquests of the 7th-8th centuries AD. Named ...

palace of ''Haft Gonbad'' of

Bahram Gur Bahram V (also spelled Wahram V or Warahran V; pal, 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭), also known as Bahram Gor (New Persian: , "Bahram the onager") was the Sasanian King of Kings (''shahanshah'') from 420 to 438. The son of the incumbent Sasanian sha ...

, according to the poet

Nizami Ganjavi Nizami Ganjavi ( fa, نظامی گنجوی, lit=Niẓāmī of Ganja, translit=Niẓāmī Ganjavī; c. 1141–1209), Nizami Ganje'i, Nizami, or Nezāmi, whose formal name was ''Jamal ad-Dīn Abū Muḥammad Ilyās ibn-Yūsuf ibn-Zakkī'',Mo'in ...

First four centuries of the Islamic era

Mashallah ibn Athari ''Mashallah'' ( ar, مَا شَاءَ ٱللَّٰهُ, '), also written Masha'Allah, Maşallah (Turkey and Azerbaijan), Masya Allah (Malaysia and Indonesia), Maschallah (Germany), and Mašallah (Bosnia), is an Arabic phrase that is used to expres ...

: Designed and planned

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. *

Naubakht Nobakht Ahvazi ( fa, نوبخت اهوازى), also spelled Naubakht Ahvaz and Naubakht, along with his sons were astrologers from Ahvaz (in the present-day Khuzestan Province, Iran) who lived in the 8th and 9th centuries AD. Nobakht was particu ...

: Designed and planned

13th century

*Moslem: Built the Caravanserai of Sangbast in Khorasan in 1202CE. *Muhammad Rigi: Built ''Mil-e Radkan'' in

Ghuchan Quchan ( fa, قوچان ' ; also Romanized as Qūchān and Quçan; also known as Khabushan, Gochan) is a city and capital of Quchan County, in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. It is located due south of the border city of Ashgabat. At the 2006 ce ...

in 1203CE. *Ahmad Ibn Bakr Marandi: Built the tomb of Keikavus in 1219CE. *Saeed Ibn Jafar al-Bana: Built a tower in

, Fars. *Muahammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Alavi: Built the Congregation mosque of Bunaft in

Yazd Yazd ( fa, یزد ), formerly also known as Yezd, is the capital of Yazd Province, Iran. The city is located southeast of Isfahan. At the 2016 census, the population was 1,138,533. Since 2017, the historical city of Yazd is recognized as a Wor ...

in 1234CE. *Ostad Zeinuddin Abu Rasheed: Built ''Hisar Khalaj'' in Baku in 1234CE. *Ostad Enayatollah Ibn Nizamulddin Mimar Isfahani: Built the ''Gonbad-e Sabz'' in Kerman in 1242CE. *Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Uthman al-Bana al-Tusi: Built the Madrasah of Sir Chali in

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in 1242CE. *Nizamuddin ibn Ostad Ali ibn Ali ibn Najjar: Built the Imamzadeh Seyd Jafar in

Damghan Damghan ( fa, دامغان, translit=Dāmghān) is the capital of Damghan County, Semnan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 57,331, in 15,849 families. It is situated east of Tehran on the high-road to Mashad, at an elevat ...

in 1264CE. *Badreddin Tabrizi: Built the tomb of Rumi in

in 1273CE. *Zinul-abedin Mimar: Built the Congregation mosque of

Urmia Urmia or Orumiyeh ( fa, ارومیه, Variously transliterated as ''Oroumieh'', ''Oroumiyeh'', ''Orūmīyeh'' and ''Urūmiyeh''.) is the largest city in West Azerbaijan Province of Iran and the capital of Urmia County. It is situated at an al ...

in 1276CE. *Ostad Ali ibn Hosein Ali al-Ghazi: Built the Tomb of Sheikh Yusef Sarvestani in Fars in 1280CE. *Muhammad al-Hosein al-Mohandes al-bana Damghani: Built the tower of Burj-e Kashaneh in Bistam in 1299CE.

14th century

*Ostad Ali Haji al-Sanai al-Semnani: Built the Forumad mosque of Jajaram in Khorasan in 1319CE. *Muhammad Shah Naqqash: Built the tomb of ''Pir-e Bakran'' in Isfahan in 1302CE. *Sayyed Ali Shah: Built the Dome of

Soltaniyeh Soltaniyeh ( fa, سلطانيه, also Romanized as Solţānīyeh, Solţāneyyeh, Sultaniye, and Sultānīyeh; also known as Sa‘īdīyeh; ) is the capital city of Soltaniyeh District of Soltaniyeh County, Zanjan Province, northwestern Iran. ...

in Zanjan in 1303CE also a

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. *Masoud Kermani: Built the Mihrab of Imamzadeh Rabi'eh Khatun in Ashtarjan, Isfahan, in 1306CE. *Heydar Yabadr: Built the Mihrab of the Congregation mosque of Isfahan in 1310CE. *Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Bana: Built the Congregation mosque of Ashtarjan, Isfahan, in 1314CE. *Muhammad ibn Hasan ibn Ibitalib Mohandes Bana al-Damghani and his brother Haji: Built the tomb of

Bayazid Bastami Abū Yazīd Ṭayfūr bin ʿĪsā bin Surūshān al-Bisṭāmī (al-Basṭāmī) (d. 261/874–5 or 234/848–9), commonly known in the Iranian world as Bāyazīd Bisṭāmī ( fa, بایزید بسطامی), was a PersianWalbridge, John. "S ...

in 1323 CE. *Ostad Muhammad ibn Jamal Ahmad: Built the Burj-i Dozal tower near

Tabriz Tabriz ( fa, تبریز ; ) is a city in northwestern Iran, serving as the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. It is the List of largest cities of Iran, sixth-most-populous city in Iran. In the Quri Chay, Quru River valley in Iran's historic Aze ...

. *Abu Taleb Damghani: Built Imamzadeh Jafar in Isfahan in 1324CE. *Muhammad ibn Umar al-Sheikh: Built the northern

Iwan An iwan ( fa, ایوان , ar, إيوان , also spelled ivan) is a rectangular hall or space, usually vaulted, walled on three sides, with one end entirely open. The formal gateway to the iwan is called , a Persian term for a portal projecting ...

of Madraseh-i Imami in Isfahan in 1324CE. *Ali Qazvini: Built the Congregation mosque of Varamin in 1321CE. *Ali ibn Ibrahim: Built the mosque of Tajang,

, 1328CE. *Ostad Aghajan ibn Damavandi: Built the Imamzadeh Abdollah in

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in 1329CE. *Haji Muhammad al-Bana Savoji: Built the Caravanserai of ''Seen'' in Isfahan in 1330CE. *Khajeh Hosein ibn Seifuddin Mahmud ibn Taj Khajeh: Built the Congregation mosque of

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in 1339CE. *Falaki Tabrizi: Built Arg-e Alishah in 1337CE. *Mafakhir an-Najjar Ustad Hasan ibn Jamal Ahmad Shir Gir: Built Imamzadeh Ghasem Azna in 1337CE. *Sayyed Ali Amir Hosein al-Bukhari: Built ''Bogh'eh Mir Muhamad'' in Kharg island in 1339CE. *Shokrollah: Built Congregation Mosque of Kerman, in 1348CE. *Ustad Shamsiddin: Built the tomb of Shu-juk Beiga, sister of

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in Samarkand in 1370CE. *Khajeh Hosein-e Shirazi: Built The Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasavi in

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in 1396CE. *Ustad Shirazi Mimar: Built the Caravanserai of Dehbeed in Fars in 1384CE. *Ustad Arif ibn Ustad Musa Jibal: Built The haji Sheikhleh Emarate in Shiravan in 1384CE. *Ustad Ghashtasb ibn Musa: Built the public bath of Haji Zainuddin Damghani in sharvanshahan in 1387CE.

15th century

*Muhammad ibn Mahmud al-Isfahani: Built the ''Gur-i Amir'', tomb of

, in Samarkand in 1403CE. *Sayyed Ali ibn Sayyed Kamaluddin Banna Amuli: Built the ''Burj-i Sultan Zainul-abideen'' in

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in 1406CE. *Ghavameddin Shirazi: Built the

Goharshad mosque Goharshad Mosque ( fa, مسجد گوهرشاد) is a grand congregational mosque built during the Timurid period in Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran, which now serves as one of the prayer halls within the Imam Reza shrine complex. Hi ...

in 1417 CE. *Hasan Jafar Ustad Mimar Bashi: Built the Imamzadeh Abdollah tomb in

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. *Muhammad ibn Ghadir ''aka'' Ajor-tarash: Built the ''Darb-i Imam'' mosque in Isfahan in 1427CE. *Pasha ibn Bakshah Jamshid: Built the Emarat Shah Balu in the village of Ahu Dasht Natel Rastaq in 1435CE. *Ustad Haji Ahmad: Built The Ghal'eh Ghar Khalar in Darband in 1437CE. *Khajeh Mahmud Haj Zein Jame' Shirazi: Built the ''Mazar-e Sheikh Ahmad Jam'' complex in Khorasan in 1439CE. *Abdolqadir Isfahani: Built the mosque of Dabbagh-khaneh in

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in 1443CE. *Ustad Hasan ibn Ali Husein Bana Amuli: Built three extant structures in the village of Kajur in around 1443CE. *Ustad Ghitheddin Shirazi: Built the Congregation mosque of Khargerd in Khorasan in 1443CE. *Haydar Nafji: Built the Khanqah of Nasr-abad in Isfahan in 1445CE. *Shamsoddin Muhammad Tabrizi: Built the Mosque of Shah (''Masjed-i Shah'') in

Mashad Mashhad ( fa, مشهد, Mašhad ), also spelled Mashad, is the second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. It serves as the capital of Razavi Khorasan Province and has a po ...

in 1451CE. *Ustad Shamsoddin Ibn Nasrollah Motahhari: Built the Imamzadeh Soltan Mohammad Taher in

babol Babol ( fa, بابل, , known as "Orange Blossom City" , also Romanized as Bābol; formerly known as Barfrouch) is the capital of Babol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. Babol is divided into two metropolitan areas (under Iranian law). At the ...

in 1470CE. *Mohammad ibn Mahmud Bastami: Built the mosque of ''Masjed-i Sorkhan'' in

Bastam Bastam ( fa, بسطام, also romanized as Basṭām; also known as Busṭām and Bisṭām) is a city in and capital of the Bastam District of Shahrud County, Semnan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 7,382, in 1,997 families ...

in 1477CE. *Hosein ibn Ali ibn Ahmad Lahijani: Built the mausoleum of Samām in Gilan in 1478CE. *Darvish Nureddin: Built the mausoleum of ''

Imamzadeh An imamzadeh () is a Persian term with two related meanings: a type of holy person in Shia Islam, and the shrine-tomb of such a person. Firstly, it means an immediate descendant of a Shi'i Imam. The term is also used in Urdu and Azeri. Imamzad ...

Ali'' in Shekarnab near

Qazvin Qazvin (; fa, قزوین, , also Romanization, Romanized as ''Qazvīn'', ''Qazwin'', ''Kazvin'', ''Kasvin'', ''Caspin'', ''Casbin'', ''Casbeen'', or ''Ghazvin'') is the largest city and capital of the Qazvin Province, Province of Qazvin in Iran. ...

in 1479CE. *Muhammad Ravan-i Qazvini: He and ''Haj Abbas ibn Mahmud Qazvini'' both built the ''pol-i dokhtar'' bridge in Miyaneh in Qazvin Province in 1483CE. *Yaqub Ruyani: Built both the ''Sim River'' bridge in

Lahijan Lahijan ( fa, لاهیجان, Lāhijān, also known as, Lāyjon in Gilaki) is a city near the Caspian Sea and the capital of Lahijan County, Gilan Province, Iran. According to the 2016 census, its population was 167,544 in 58,378 families. La ...

as well as the Polur River bridge northeast of

in 1486 CE.

16th century

*Bayazid ibn Haji Javad: Built the Imamzadeh Yahya shrine in Larijan in 1513CE. *Ostad Hosein Khorasani: Re-built the tomb of Sheikh Abdol-Samad in

Natanz Natanz ( fa, نطنز, also romanized as Naţanz) is a city and capital of Natanz County, Isfahan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 12,060, in 3,411 families. It is located south-east of Kashan. Its bracing climate and l ...

in 1514CE. *Ustad Mir Ahmad ibn Mir Haji Qomi: Built the ''Masjed-e Jame'i Saveh'' mosque in Saveh in 1516CE. *Farabi ibn Uthman Sa'di: Built the ''Masjed-i Bozorg-i Ghal'eh-i Hasan Keifa'' mosque in 1520CE. *Ustad Hosein: Built the Mausoleum of ''Harun Velayat'' near Isfahan in 1521CE. *Ustad Shamseddin Isfahani: Built the Mausoleum of ''Imamzadeh Hamzeh'' in Bavanat in 1528CE. *Taqi Sultan Qomi: Built the famous ''Feyziyeh Qom'' seminary in Qom in 1532CE. *Sani'ullah Mimar-i Yazdi: Built the Congregation mosque of

in 1539CE. *Ustad Shah Hosein Lahiji: Built the mausoleum of ''Agha Sheikh Abolvajih'' near

in 1540CE. *Heydar Ali Ardestani: Built the popular shrine of ''Imamzadeh Mahruq'' in Nishapur in 1545CE. *Sayyed Muhammad ibn Mirak Ghiyathuddin: Built the

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in 1562CE.

17th century

*Ahmad Sepah Banna: Built the ''Qeysarieh'' bazaar of Lar in 1605CE. *Sultan Muhammad Yazdi: Built the caravanserai and

Bathhouse Public baths originated when most people in population centers did not have access to private bathing facilities. Though termed "public", they have often been restricted according to gender, religious affiliation, personal membership, and other cr ...

of ''Ganjali khan'' in Kerman in 1610CE. *Ustad Ali Akbar Isfahani: He and two other associates built the Shah Mosque of Isfahan between 1612 and 1631. *Ustad Hosein Shamā'i.e. Shirazi: Built the ''Madreseh Khan'' in

Shiraz Shiraz (; fa, شیراز, Širâz ) is the fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars Province, which has been historically known as Pars () and Persis. As of the 2016 national census, the population of the city was 1,565,572 p ...

in 1615CE. * Baha' al-din al-'Amili: Designed a

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''(band)'' in ''Qahrud'', 35 km south of

Kashan Kashan ( fa, ; Qashan; Cassan; also romanized as Kāshān) is a city in the northern part of Isfahan province, Iran. At the 2017 census, its population was 396,987 in 90,828 families. Some etymologists argue that the city name comes from ...

in 1616CE, as well as Naqsh-e Jahan Square and Charbagh Avenue in Isfahan, and the

Manar Jonban The Monar Jonban ( Persian: منار جنبان, meaning shaking minarets), is a monument located in Esfahan, in central Iran. Construction began in the 14th century Safavid or Ilkhanate dynasties of Iran to cover the grave of Sufi ''Amu Abdollah ...

, also known as the two shaking minarets. *Abdol-jabbar: Built the ''Madreseh Shirdar'' in

in 1618CE. *Muhammad Reza ibn Ustad Hosein Banna Isfahani: Built the Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque in Isfahan in 1618CE. * Mulla Alaul Maulk Tuni: One of the architects of Shalimar Gardens,

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. *Shah Taher ibn Sultan Muhammad Naqqash: Built the mausoleum of Sheikh Jabrail in 1621CE near

Ardabil Ardabil (, fa, اردبیل, Ardabīl or ''Ardebīl'') is a city in northwestern Iran, and the capital of Ardabil Province. As of the 2022 census, Ardabil's population was 588,000. The dominant majority in the city are ethnic Iranian Azerbaija ...

. * Ostad Ebrahim Banna Esfahani: Worked at the tomb of

Abdussamad Esfahani Sheikh Abdussamad Esfahani, ( fa, شیخ عبدالصمد اصفهانی), also spelled Abdul Samad, 'Abd al-Samad, or Abd-ul-Samad, was a famous Ilkhanid era Shi'ite Sufi of the 13th century. After Abdussamad's death in 1299 CE, his disciple, ...

and at the

Jameh Mosque of Isfahan The Jāmeh Mosque of Isfahān or Jāme' Mosque of Isfahān ( fa, مسجد جامع اصفهان ''Masjid-e-Jāmeh Isfahān''), also known as the Atiq Mosque () and the Friday Mosque of Isfahān (), is a historic congregational mosque (''Jāmeh'' ...

. *Ustad Muhammad Banna: Built the

Robat Robat ( fa, رباط, also Romanized as Robāţ; also known as Robāţ-e Māhīdasht, Robāţ-e Māhī Dasht, Robaţ ‘Olyā, and Māhīdasht) is a city and capital of Mahidasht District, in Kermanshah County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2 ...

of ''Shah Abbas Polur'' near Lar in 1624CE. *Ustad Hoseinali: Built the ''

Ismail'' in Isfahan in 1632CE. *Muhammad Ali ibn ustad Alibeyk-i banna Isfahani: Built the ''Masjed-i Hakim'' mosque in Isfahan in 1661CE. *Ustad Qasem Mimar: Built the caravanserai of

in 1680CE. *Muhammad Taher Hamadani: Built the ''Masjed-i soltani'' in Asad-abad in

Hamedan Hamadan () or Hamedan ( fa, همدان, ''Hamedān'') (Old Persian: Haŋgmetana, Ecbatana) is the capital city of Hamadan Province of Iran. At the 2019 census, its population was 783,300 in 230,775 families. The majority of people living in Ham ...

in 1685CE. *Ustad Taher valad ustad Reza Isfahani: Built the '' Caravanserai of Sheikh Ali-khan'' a.k.a. ''Chaleh siyah-i no'' in 1686CE in Isfahan. *Heydar ibn Hosein banna Isfahani: Built the ''masjed-i varzaneh'' mosque of Isfahan in 1687CE. *Mehdi Hoseini: Built a

''(band)'' near the village of ''Shamanlu'' over the

Zayandeh River Zayanderud ( fa, Zāyanderud, script=Latn, from "fertile" or "life giver", and "river"), also spelled as ''Zayandeh-Rood'' or ''Zayanderood'', is the largest river of the Iranian Plateau in central Iran. Geography The Zayandeh starts in t ...

in 1689CE. *Ustad Isa Shirazi: He and many others were responsible for building the

Taj Mahal The Taj Mahal (; ) is an Islamic ivory-white marble mausoleum on the right bank of the river Yamuna in the Indian city of Agra. It was commissioned in 1631 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan () to house the tomb of his favourite wife, Mu ...

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18th century

*Muhammad Hadi Qazvini: Built the ''masjed-i muhaddathayn-i sheikh-i kabir'' mosque in

Babol Babol ( fa, بابل, , known as "Orange Blossom City" , also Romanized as Bābol; formerly known as Barfrouch) is the capital of Babol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. Babol is divided into two metropolitan areas (under Iranian law). At the ...

in 1723CE. *Ostad baqer Isfahani: Built the Minarat of

's Congregation mosque, 1779CE. *Ustad Mirza Shirazi: Built the

Al-Nabi Mosque, Qazvin The al-Nabi Mosque ( fa, مسجد النبی قزوین – ''Masjed al-Nabi'', also known as: fa, مسجد سلطانى – Masjed-e Soltani) is a famous mosque in Qazvīn. The mosque has an area of about 14,000 m2, and bears inscriptions indi ...

in 1787CE. *Ustad Iskandar Shirazi: Built the ''Masjed Soltani'' mosque of

Borujerd Borujerd ( fa, بروجرد ''Borūjerd'') is a city and the capital of Borujerd County, Lorestan Province in western Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 234,997 persons. Among the existing modern cities in Iran, Borujerd is one of the ...

in 1794CE. *Karbalaee Muhammad-i banna: Built the ''Masjed-i Qajar'' mosque in astar-abad in

in 1796CE. *Ustad Haj Sha'ban-ali: Built the Masjed-i Agha bozorg in

in the late 18th century.

19th century

*Muhammad Taqi khan Mimar-Bashi: Built the Darolfonoon in 1849CE. * Abdallah Khan: court architect to Mohammad Shah Qajar. *Haji Abol-hasan Mimar Navai: Built

Golestan Palace The Golestan Palace ( fa, کاخ گلستان, ''Kākh-e Golestān''), also transliterated as the Gulistan Palace and sometimes translated as the Rose Garden Palace from Persian language, was built in the 16th century, renovated in the 18th cen ...

to its current form in 1865CE.

20th century

* Dariush Borbor: Bazaar Reza, Mashhad, Museum and Library, Mashhad. Described as "one of the most innovative architects who is perhaps on the way of creating a Persian architectural style of the 20th century". Recipient of the

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from Italy, and 50 Outstanding Architects of the World from the Second Belgrade Triennial of World Architecture. * Mohandes Hossein Amanat: Built the

Azadi Tower The Azadi Tower ( fa, برج آزادی, ; "Freedom Tower"), formerly known as the Shahyad Tower (, ; "Shah's Memorial Tower"), is a monument on Azadi Square in Tehran, Iran. It is one of the landmarks of Tehran, marking the west entrance to the ...

in 1971

Contemporary

* Dariush Borbor * Kamran Afshar Naderi * Keyvan Khosrovani * Hossein Amanat * Kamran Diba (Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts/Niavaran garden and cultural complex) * Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian (University of Tehran mosques and technical college/Azadi sport complex/Niavaran Palace) * Abbas Gharib * Heydar Ghiai ( Senate of Iran, Iran's Senate House ) * Nasser Golzari * * Nader Khalili * Pouya Khazaeli * Mouzhan Majidi * Tahmineh Milani * Hadi Mirmiran (Winner of many 1990s major competitions and the only architect to win a medal of honor in art after the revolution) * Karim Pirnia, Mohammad-Karim Pir Nia * Mohsen Mostafavi * Farshid Moussavi * Fariborz Sahba * Ali Akbar Saremi * Hooshang Seyhoon (Ibn sina monument/Nader shah Monument/Baba Taher Monument) * Bahram Shirdel * Fariborz Hatam * Iraj Kalantari Taleghani * Nader Tehrani * Siavash Teimouri
Mazyar Mahmoudabadi
*Yaaghoob Rashtchian ( prominent architect active in urban rehabilitation and architectural restoration of historic areas and buildings in many iranian cities).

Outside Iran

File:Ashkabad Temple Bahai.jpg, First Bahaʼi House of Worship (1908), Turkmenistan, designed by Ustad' Ali-Akbar Banna Yazdi File:Bahai-house-of-worship-delhi2.jpg, Fariborz Sahba's Lotus Temple in

. * Ustad' Ali-Akbar Banna Yazdi designed the first Bahaʼi House of Worship in the world in Ashgabat. * Mohsen Mostafavi * Hariri and Hariri: Gisue Hariri and Mojgan Hariri are two of the most famous the Iranian American Architects. They are listed in ''40 Top architects under 40'' . * Farshid Moussavi * Fariborz Sahba. A Bahaʼi Faith, Bahaʼi architect who designed the famous Bahaʼi House of Worship, Lotus temple in India. * Hossein Amanat (works include

and Sharif University, among others) * Shahram Entekhabi * Nader Khalili o
CalEarth Institute.
Founder. Featured on Los Angeles Times and The New York Times.

References

External links

Society of Iranian Architects and Planners

A persian article about early 19-20th century architects of Tehran

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070528125241/http://www.iranchamber.com/architecture/iranian_architecture_today1.php Iranian Architecture Today, A Bridge Between East and West] {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Historical Iranian Architects Architecture of Iran Iranian architects, *