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Baniassad, Essy
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1936-
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Esmail (Essy) Baniassad was Dean of Architecture at the Technical University of Nova Scotia from 1980-1994. Born 29 November 1936 in Tehran, he came to the United States in 1957 to study architecture at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. After completing a Masters and PhD at the University of Manchester, in 1978 he came to the Technical University of Nova Scotia (now Dalhousie Faculty of Architecture and Planning) as a visiting critic. In 1980 he was appointed Dean. He was the founder of TUNS Press (now Dalhousie Architectural Press) and implemented a change in architectural education from the traditional five-year program to a two-part program—three years, followed by a two-year MArch degree. He helped to design an addition to the school’s building on Spring Garden Road. Essy worked with many international universities, starting the Dalhousie-Botswana partnership in architectural education, and helped to establish the School of Architecture at the University of Botswana. He also worked at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He retired from Dalhousie in 2000, and continues to work internationally in architecture education and architectural development.
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Dalhousie University. Faculty of Architecture and Planning (1997-)
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Essy Baniassad was Dean of TUNS Faculty of Architecture from 1981–1994.