The modern history of architecture in Iran shows the persistence of historicism in representing national identity as a key design challenge since the early twentieth century. It has constantly ...

Pre-Modern Style A number of properties constructed from 1925 to 1940, enjoying a modern plan with classical Iranian architecture (including ancient and Islamic periods) for façade such as Alborz ...

Iran is a country often portrayed through a lens of conflict, tension, and controversy in the media. However, the side of ...

Cite: Dima Stouhi. "Retrofuturism Gives Traditional Iranian Architecture a Modern Twist " 27 Jul 2019. ArchDaily.

Modern Iran: Roots and Results of RevolutionBy Nikki R. KeddieNew Haven: Yale University Press, 2003. 400 pp. $18.50. University of California historian Keddie published the first version of this ...

Summary "The Iranian Expanse explores how kings in the ancient Iranian world utilized the built and natural environment--everything from royal cities and paradise gardens, to hunting enclosures and ...

Here, the visual culture of Iran during the 1960s and 1970s presents a point of departure not only for looking at modern Persian art but also for examining urgent social issues, such as the ...

How did modern architecture develop to its present state? Three new monographs trace that path, even if they don’t cover every direction the field has taken over the last century. Mies van der ...

The global nature of the Atlas of Mid-Century Modern Masterpieces means that many of the projects may be completely new to readers, which resulted in some interesting surprises.