Hooshang Seyhoun

Houshang Seyhoun (August 22, 1920 – May 26, 2014; Persian: هوشنگ سیحون) was an Iranian architect, sculptor, painter, scholar and professor.

He studied fine arts at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and earned a degree in architecture from University of Tehran.

Seyhoun is noted especially for his innovative and creative architectural design. His architectural legacy includes countless monuments and over one thousand private villas. After the Iranian Revolution, he moved to Vancouver and lived in exile until his death.

Seyhoun became famous for his design work in the 1950s in Iran, including Tehran's Central Railway Station and tombs of scientific/literary figures (such as the Avicenna Mausoleum in Hamadan). He has been a faculty member of Tehran University's College of Architecture, where he also served as Dean of the College of Fine Arts (Beaux arts) of Tehran University for six years.