Manouchehr Iranpour, one of the prominent architects of cultural spaces, died on Saturday, November 23, at the age of 79.
Manouchehr Iranpour, an architect and designer whose main activity was in the field of cultural spaces in the country, died on November 23 in Tehran Hospital.
He was born on July 10, 1941 in Kerman. He completed his primary education at Jamshid Jam Elementary School and his secondary education at Firooz Bahram and Alborz High Schools and received a master’s degree in architecture from the University of Tehran.
The late Iranpour was employed by the Ministry of Development and Housing in 1962 and he was in charge of the architecture department of that ministry from 1964 to 1968.
Manouchehr Iranpour during 5 decades of his professional activity; In the design and construction of Azadi Tower and Square, Sharif University of Technology, Gisha Bridge Management University, Ministry of Cultural Heritage, and in the field of management, buildings such as Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Carpet Museum, Reza Abbasi Museum, Glass Museum, Niavaran Cultural Center, Jamshidieh Park , Farabi Cinema Institute and Quran Museum, collaborated.
Iranpour was a member of the board of directors of associations such as Science and Technology and the Association of Architects of Iran and was active in organizing national reading competitions and various cultural projects.
Engineer Manouchehr Iranpour was one of the Zoroastrian philanthropists who made the promotion of culture and the protection of rituals his top priority. With a cultural approach, he donated his personal library to Ardeshir Yegangi Library in 2016 to provide researchers with this cultural treasure, including exquisite books on architecture and art.
