Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, Iran.

Hossein Bahrainy, received his Ph.D. in Urban Design and Planning from University of Washington at Seattle, in 1980. Professor Bahrainy has been a visiting professor at Iowa State University at Ames, a visiting professor at University of Central England at Birmingham, visiting scholar at Stony Brook University at New York, and University of Washington at Seattle. Currently he is Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran. He has focused his research, teaching, and writing and practicing on the design and planning of the built-environment.