Seyed Hadi Mirmiran (March 14, 1945 – April 18, 2006) was one of Iran’s most influential contemporary architects, urban designers, university lecturer, and the principal architect of Naqsh-e-Jahan Pars Consulting Engineers (NJP). Born in Qazvin, he earned his M.A. in Architecture from the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, in 1968 with first-class honors. Throughout more than four decades of professional practice, Mirmiran became renowned for reinterpreting the principles of traditional Persian architecture within a contemporary architectural language.

Education
M.A. in Architecture, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, 1968 (First-Class Honors).
Activities and Works
Mirmiran’s professional career can be divided into three major periods:

1968–1979: Chief Architect, Architectural Workshop, National Iranian Steel Company (Town Planning Department).
1980–1988: Chief Architect, Design Department of Khanesazi-e-Iran Company; later Chief Architect at the Isfahan General Office of Housing and Urban Development.
1988–2006: Director and Principal Architect of Naqsh-e-Jahan Pars Consulting Engineers (NJP).
His most significant architectural and urban design projects include:

Baharestan New Town, Isfahan
Rafsanjan Sports Complex
Tehran Bar Association Building
Export Development Bank of Iran Headquarters
Iranian Consulate in Frankfurt, Germany
Embassy of Iran in Thailand
Shiraz Central Library
National Academies of the Islamic Republic of Iran
National Library of Iran (competition proposal)
National Water Museum of Iran
Ministry of Energy Headquarters
Integration Plan for Imam Reza Shrine and the Surrounding Urban Fabric
Embassy of Iran in Berlin
Presidential Technology Cooperation Office
Oil Industry Headquarters
Ati Center Complex, Tehran
Mirmiran also served as a visiting lecturer at several Iranian universities, including the University of Science and Technology and the Islamic Azad University.

Achievements and Awards
Among his numerous national and international honors are:

First Prize, National Academies of Iran Competition (1994)
First Prize, Presidential Documents Museum Competition (1994)
Second Prize, National Library of Iran Competition (1995)
Honorable Mention, Kansai National Diet Library International Competition, Japan (1996)
First Prize, Tehran Governor’s Office Competition (1996)
First Prize, Export Development Bank Headquarters Competition (1997)
First Prize, Imam Reza Shrine Urban Integration Competition (1998)
Selected Project, California History Museum Competition, Fresno (1999)
Second Prize, Memar Grand Award for Rafsanjan Sports Complex (2001)
First Prize, Memar Grand Award for Tehran Bar Association Building (2003)
Recipient of Iran’s First-Class Order of Culture and Art (2004)
Recipient of the Pirnia Architecture Award and several other prestigious architectural distinctions.