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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 ...
That cultural heritage includes modern architecture, from stunning Modernist structures built during the reign of Shah Reza Pahlavi that showcase vernacular styles and Islamic tradition, as...
Mar 12, 2024 · Reviewing the history of architecture reveals that various factors have influenced Iranian architecture over time, depending on the prevailing circumstances. Nevertheless, the emergence of modernity and renovation concepts has led to significant transformations in Iran's historic architecture.
Jul 15, 2021 · July 15, 2021. By Research Associate Clara Keuss. 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.
- Sharifi-ha House
- Tabiat Bridge
- Pardis Mellat Cinema
- Nikbakht House
- Orsi Khaneh
Built in 2014 in Tehran’s affluent Darrous neighbourhood, the Sharifi-ha house is a seven-floor building with three rotating blocks that turn 90 degrees. Each block is on a rotating base that allows the owner, Farshad Sharifi, to change its direction at the push of a button. The house has a swimming pool, a gym and a cinema. “The openness/closure o...
Unveiled in 2014 by Tehran’s mayor, Tabiat (nature) bridge is a spectacular hi-tech structure designed by young architects Leila Araghian and Alireza Behzadi. Araghian was 26 when she designed the bridge, which took over two years to build and has since become a popular hangout for younger people and a site for morning sports. On public holidays, t...
Reza Daneshmir’s Pardis Mellat cinema is responsible in many ways for kicking off the new burst of creativity in the capital, and was one of the first projects to gain international recognition after the revolution. “It was commissioned by Tehran’s mayor and completed in 2008; the state sector continued to commission similar works later such as the...
Mohammad-Reza Nikbakht’s residential building in Niavaran, north Tehran, built in 2013, was specifically designed to ensure no trees were cut down during its construction. “We’ve seen too many times in Tehran that 150-year-old or 200-year-old trees are cut for creation of new flats,” he said. “In my project, we faced a total of 128 trees with an av...
The Orsi Khaneh, designed by the Keivani brothers, is a residential block of flats completed in September 2015 in Tehran’s middle-class Gisha neighbourhood. “One of our main concerns was how to bring our architectural values to today, our aim was to make our Iranian architecture up to date,” Nima Keivani says. “In this project, we used the concept ...
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Iranian art and architecture, the art and architecture of ancient Iranian civilizations. Any reservation about attributing to Iran primary status among the countries contributing to the art of the ancient Middle East must be associated with the discontinuity of its early history and the.
The palace buildings themselves, started by Darius in 518 bce and completed during the following half century by Xerxes I and Artaxerxes I, are rather closely grouped together, with little consideration for the overall composition. They are decorated, for the most part externally, with portal sculptures and long ranges of relief carving.
