Hossein Amanat

Hossein Amanat
حسین امانت
Amanat in front of the Azadi Tower
Born (1942-03-17) 17 March 1942 (age 82)
Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
NationalityIranian-Canadian
Alma materUniversity of Tehran
OccupationArchitect
PracticeAmanat Architect / Arc Design International Corp.

Hossein Amanat (Persian: حسین امانت, b. 1942[1][2]) is an Iranian-Canadian architect. He is best known as the architect of the Shahyad Tower (renamed as Azadi Tower after the 1979 revolution) in Tehran, Iran, the Baháʼí Arc buildings in Haifa, Israel and the House of Worship in Samoa. He has also been designated as the architect of the Shrine of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá currently under construction.[3]

  1. ^ "حسین امانت - Hossein Amanat".
  2. ^ Baháʼí community of Canada. "Hossein Amanat". Archived from the original on 2004-10-27. Retrieved 2007-04-29.
  3. ^ "7 May 2019 – To all National Spiritual Assemblies | Baháʼí Reference Library". www.bahai.org. Retrieved 2019-05-07.