Bahram Badiyi received his Bachelor and Master in Architecture and Urban Design from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles . Since 1986 he has been a practicing architect as well as educator and has designed numerous buildings and projects across the United States of which several have been published internationally. He has served as the Department Chair for Architecture, Construction and Industrial Design for the College of the Canyons in Southern California . Currently he teaches at prestigious design school of Brooks College in Long Beach California .
He has studied and extensively researched various aspects of the culture related to Sasanian Iran and has written extensively on the subject matter. History of Sasanian Copper Coinage is the first volume of two volumes set comprising his collected research and writing in this field that will be published by Mazda Publication in June of 2004. Currently he is working on his book about the “Sasanian Building Typology” which is promised to be published by 2007.
Publications:
An Examination and Analysis of Base Metal and AE Fractions in the context of Sasanian Economy in 5 th and 6 th Centuries AD. Part I: Bahram V to Khusru I. Mazda Publication, 2004
Sasanian Coinage: Volume IIa
An Examination and Analysis of Base Metal and AE Fractions in the context of Sasanian Economy in 6 th and 7 th Centuries AD. Part I: Hormizd IV to Islamic Conquest. Publication date TBD
Sasanian Coinage: Volume IIb
An Examination and Analysis of Base Metal and AE Fractions in the context of Sasanian Economy in 6 th and 7 th Centuries AD. Part II: Esoterics.. Publication date:TBD
Representation Techniques in Sasanian Coinage:1993
Joel L. Malter & Company, Inc. Classical Numismatics
Auction 55: Ancient Greek Coins, Parthian, Sasanian , Elam and Persis
Double drachm-Base Metal Unit Kavad I
Alex G. Malloy Inc.
Auction catalogue-Fall 2000
3 interesting Sasanian Base Metal Fractions: Narseh (1 st crown)-Lead fraction, Valkash-Bronze fraction and, Khusru II-Lead fraction. 1999-2000
Oriental Numismatic Society-Editor: Late William Warden Jr.
Memorial publication in honor of the late Professor Dr. Robert Gobl
Foundation of Iranian Cities During the reign of the Sasanids :
Iranshahr. Vol 10, No 236 August 2003-Part I
Iranshahr. Vol 10, No 237 August 2003-Part II
Iranshahr. Vol 10, No 238 August 2003-Part III
Khusru IV or the VI drachm-year II
Twice over-stamped by Arab-Sasanian and the Sasanians
Analysis of the turmoil and chaos in the eve of the Islamic Conquest of Persia
Iranshahr: Vol 11. Summer of 2004
Sasanian Buildings Typology :
Classification and examination of the common elements in form, pattern and design in Sasanian architecture.
Part I: Civic, Religious and Residential types
Part II: Governmental, Imperial and Military types
Part III: Sasanian Buildings Geometry:
Examination of the use of geometry including the golden section and proportions. Sasanika sponsored publication-Date:TBD