Mohammad Karim Pirnia

Mohammad Karim Pirnia (Persian: محمد کریم پیرنیا, 16 September 1920 – 31 August 1997^[1]) was an Iranian architectural historian and architect.

Mohammad Karim Pirnia
Born	(1920-09-16)16 September 1920 Yazd, Persia
Died	31 August 1997(1997-08-31) (aged 76) Tehran, Iran
Resting place	Rasoulian House, Yazd
Nationality	Iranian
Occupation(s)	Architect, Historian

Early life

Born in Yazd, Iran, he studied at what came to be Tehran University School of Fine Arts.

Works

Pirnia, a student of traditional Iranian architect, was one of the early architectural historians that developed a modern language to describe Iranian traditional architecture. His most prominent thoughts were later compiled as books and articles; among them “The Principles of Iranian Architecture” and “The Stylistics of Iranian Architecture” were more widely acclaimed. In the first one, he proposes five principles and in the latter, he defines six historical styles (sabk) for Iranian architecture. ^[2][3]

References

1. Library of Congress Name Authority File
2. Qayyoomi Bidhendi, Mehrdad; Abdollahzadeh, Mohammad Mehdi (2015). "Architecture, Land, and Man Rereading, reviewing and criticism of Pirnia's suggested principles for Iranian architecture" (PDF). Kimiya-ye-Honar (3): 72–99. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
3. Nadimi, Hamid; Abouie, Reza; Moradi, Zeinab (2020). "Explaining the Concept of Architecture Stylistics by Introducing a New Approach in Iran's Architecture Stylistics". Journal of Architecture in Hot and Dry Climate. 7 (10): 1–29. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

External links

• Weblog dedicated to the memory of Karim Pir-nia