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Apr 15, 2024 · The first is to accept that Iran's historical architecture is the antithesis Western architecture. Such a view promotes a simplistic view of the West as being culturally uniform and congruous. The second objection is that we are searching for our own identity by referring to phenomena that are not compatible with our present conditions and are ...
Jul 15, 2021 · MYTH: Aside from classical and medieval wonders, architecture in Iran is largely limited to dated mid-20th century style structures. FACT: Iran is not limited to one or two set tyles of architectural design. Iran’s diverse climate and varied cultural eras have inspired talented Iranian architects over the millennia to produce a broad array of ...
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Mar 12, 2024 · 2. Methodology and research structure. In conducting this research, it was essential to thoroughly address the research issue, examine the history and literature related to the topic, and thoughtfully explore the selection of resources, theoretical foundations, and prominent examples of contemporary Iranian architectural artworks that pertain to the research subject.
- A Disappearing Modern Heritage
- Tehran’s Short Memory
- Villa Namazee
- Why Do We Need to Save Modern Heritage?
On January 19 2017, the Plasco Tower, a 17-story high-rise, collapsed in the centre of Tehran killing more than 20 firefightersand injuring dozens. The iconic building was designed by American architects – Benjamin Brown and Spero Daltas – who set up shop in Tehran in 1957 during the rule of King Mohammad Reza Shah (1941-1979). The Shah had made it...
Today, Iranian scholars, architects and intellectuals – including Parshia Qaregozloo, who curated Iran’s pavilion at the 2016 Venice biennial and Leila Araghian, architect of Tehran’s new high-tech Tabiat bridge and Ali Mozaffari, founding co-editor of the Berghahn Explorations in Heritage Studiesbook series – are raising concerns that the nation m...
Villa Namazee is probably the most iconic of all the endangered contemporary structures. Designed by Milan-based architect and industrial designer Giovanni Ponti (1891-1979), one of the leading figures of Postwar Italian modernism (and the founder of Domus magazine), the villa has an open plan, a suspended roof and external openings protected by wi...
When the government removes historic structures such as the Villa Namazee from its national heritage list, it demonstrates a worrisome privileging of certain moments in its past over others that also have cultural value. Many Iranians remain attached to these modernist symbols, and there have been significant efforts to save them in recent years. S...
- Asma Mehan
Iranian architecture or Persian architecture (Persian: معمارى ایرانی, Me'māri e Irāni) is the architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia, the Caucasus and Central Asia. Its history dates back to at least 5,000 BC with characteristic examples distributed over a vast area from Turkey and Iraq to Uzbekistan and ...
Jun 15, 2022 · Islamic Republic. Since the Islamic revolution is a turning point in the history of Iran, its effects can be seen in architecture too. From 1979 to about 1988, buildings were mostly constructed based on pre-revolutionary styles due to socio-demographic factors and the outbreak of the Imposed War.
Jul 28, 2021 · A recent history of ancient Iran, starting with the Elamite kingdom and extending to the advent of Islam. The volume is focused exclusively on political entities attested in textual sources, namely the Elamites, Medes, Achaemenids, Seleucids, Arsacids/Parthians, Sasanians, and Kushans, and therefore addresses architecture and material culture ...
