Dr. Hamid Shirvani known as an architect and urban designer maestro. He created the urban design legendary theory, that is the eight elements of urban design theory, those are: 1) land use, 2) building form and massing, 3) circulation and parking 4) open space 5) pedestrian ways 6) activity support 7) signage and 8 ) preservation. This theory described in his book: ” The Urban Design Process “, New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. (1985). Hamid Shirvani recorded now as the president of California State University, Stanislaus, as well as Professor of Art and Architecture. Shirvani holds a Ph.D. from Princeton University, and a M.L.A. from Harvard University.

Shirvani also served on the board of directors for the American Iranian Council, an NGO devoted to the normalization of relations between the United States and Iran. Shirvani’s education backgrounds are: Ph.D., Princeton University (1980), M.L.A., Harvard University (1978), M.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic University (1977), M.Arch., Pratt Institute (1975) B.Arch., Polytechnic University of Central London, UK (1974) source edited by © 2007 ar-chi-tect.org , databases from wiki, calstate.edu and related news, picture from csustan.edu