Early life and education

Iraj Etesam, was born on 21 January 1931 in Gorgan, Iran.^[2][3][6] He held a PhD in Architecture from the University of Florence in 1960.^[2][3]

Career

Etesam was the United Nations Regional Planning Master from 1971, and had been a member of the Official Judicial Courts of Experts from 1973.^[2]

Etesam was the founder and managing director of Omco Consulting Engineers, Tehran University of Architecture and Urban Planning, senior consultant and researcher for OMCO Consulting Engineers and Ducatiids International Institute.

Etesam's projects include Shah Cheragh, Shiraz-Paredesh University of Sistan and Baluchestan-Park, Tehran / New Town of Latian, Tehran- Mahallat Touring Sets, Sarein Ardebil, Lahijan- Initial Design of Saint Tropez, Southern France-Residential Complexes And villa houses in Seattle, San Jose, San Francisco, Los Angeles, US – A collection of seven office blocks in Bellville, Washington – the construction of Hajjis in Madinah, Monroe, Saudi Arabia, and so on.

His work also includes the translation of the book of the Eagle of Two Heads, from the Past to the Future of the Human Resource by Constantine Daxpadis, in 1998, the translation of the book of Islamic Architecture, Form, Performance and Meaning of Robert Hillenbrand, 1998, and numerous articles in domestic specialized journals. Foreign and ... pointed out.^[7]

Memberships

Etesam was a member of the board of trustees at the Architectural Association of Iranian Architects.

Etesam was a member of the Tehran Building Engineering Organization; the International Federation for Housing and Planning in The Hague, Netherlands; the International Association of Housing Sciences in Miami, Florida; the International community of Aktis-Ticks in Athens, Greece; International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE) in Berkeley, California; and the Association of Architects and the American Association of Students.

Teaching experience

Etesam had teaching roles which have included associate professor at the National University of Tehran (now known as Shahid Beheshti University, 1960–1964); associate professor at the University of Tehran (1961–1967); the head of the technical office of the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran (1963–1968).^[5] He was a visiting professor at the University of Washington (1972, 1981–1985), in Seattle; a researcher at the Center for Urban Studies at the University of California, Berkeley (1978–1979), and a lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley (2000–2001).^[5]