Education
He studied fine arts at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and earned a degree in architecture from University of Tehran.
He studied fine arts at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and earned a degree in architecture from University of Tehran.
Seyhun is noted specially 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.
He was born in a family renowned in music. After finishing his studies in Architecture in Tehran university, due to the invitation of Andre Godard, he goes to Paris to continue his education. After three years of education under supervision of Ottelo Zavarani, he gets his P.H.D. in art.
After returning to Iran, he creates his first work at the age of 23, a memorial monument on the grave of Abu-Ali Sina. He believed that a good architect must like a poet be simple and easy. His body was buried wrapped in the three-color lion-and-sun flag of Iran and A Derafsh Kaviani in a coffin in Forest Lawn's graveyard in Los Angeles.
In his he asked that all his paintings and drawings be given to a museum in Iran.
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. He was a member of The National Committee of Archeology, The High Committee of Urbanization, The Centeral Committee of All Universities of Iran, The International Committee of Icomos, and for 15 years he was in charge of repairing historic constructions of Iran.