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This book has been published with the aid of a generous benefaction from the Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute Pl. 62. Bam. The walled and moated city of Bam, seen from the east. The formidable citadel sits on a tall rock outcrop that... more
Traditional master masons of the historical architecture of Iran, despite their prominent role, have rarely been in the spotlight of historians. Limited information, therefore, is available today about their traditions, thoughts,... more
کاروانسرا از جمله یادگارهای پرارزش معماری ایران است که از روزگاران کهن به دلایل گوناگونی چون جریان¬های اقتصادی، نظامی، جغرافیایی و مذهبی بنیان گردیده و در ادوار مختلف به¬تدریج توسعه و گسترش یافته است. هر چند در مورد کاروانسراهای موجود در... more
In this article, while introducing Kapar, its history, and varieties, we will describe the construction methods of Kapar and the advantages and disadvantages of this vernacular wooden architecture of Iran. This small provisional house,... more
مناسب سازی نوسازی فضاهای شهری جهت استفاده برابر همه افراد جامعه از ضروریات رشد و توسعه شهرها می باشد. بیش از نیم میلیارد از جمعیت جهان و حدود 5/6 میلیون معلول در ایران وجود دارد که از این تعداد 320 هزار نفر دارای معلولیت جسمی و حرکتی می... more
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 fire temples—to form and contest Iranian cultural... more
متون فارسي از مهم ترين منابع تاريخ معماري ايران است. در ميان اين متون، تاريخ بيهقي در زمره چند متن نخست ادب فارسي است. از كتاب مفصل ابوالفضل بيهقي دبير، كه در اصل تاريخ آل سبكتگين نام داشته، امروزه فقط شش مجلد، از نيمه جلد پنجم تا نيمه... more
This chapter charts the evolution of an architectural rhetoric of regional authenticity in late twentieth-century Iran, over the period 1970 to 1996. It traces this evolution through examination of two significant events within the... more
Remembering Engineer Houshang Seyhoun, Father of Iran's Modern Architecture and the builder of many outstanding monuments and mausoleums in Iran, on the occasion of his passing in 2014. یادداشتی به یاد مهندس هوشنگ سیحون ــ پدر معماری مدرن... more
در دوران معاصر، نگاه معماری مدرن و در امتداد آن معماران آکادمیک نسل جدید بر روی طراحی بناهای جدید، از جمله مساجد، تاثیرهای فراوانی داشته است. یکی از مهمترین این تاثیرات تغییرات شکلی و فضایی مساجد در دوران معاصر است به نحوی که امروزه مساجد... more
ورودی بقعۀ شیخ عبدالصمد، در ضلع جنوبی و مجاور با دیوارۀ منارۀ رفیع سی و هفت متری آن واقع شده است. از این مدخل ابتدا به یک هشتی و از آنجا با عبور از شبستان کوچکی به مزار شیخ دسترسی مییابیم. این مقبره بهوسیلۀ دالانی به یک دهلیز در مسجد... more
ارسیها پنجرههای مشبک بالارونده با شیشههای رنگی هستند که میتوانند نور خورشید را متناسب با ساعات و شدت تابش آن در رنگهای متعددی عبور دهند. شهر تاریخی ماسوله نیز ازجمله مناطقی است که در معماری آن از ارسیهای منحصربهفردی استفادهشده... more
Abstract In this research, Yazdi Bandi domes were considered as a one of vaulting ornaments in Iranian traditional architecture that in local expression is called “Karbandi”. Karbandi is a general expression that refers to all of the... more
Educational system of the society is one of the fundamental pillars of emergence, development, and transfer of its cultural elements. The system itself involves four pillars, including educational structure, instructor, learner, and... more
This article examines construction techniques of earthen vernacular architecture, with a particular focus on traditional construction processes of mud brick vaults and domes in contemporary Iran. The village of Esfahak, in South Khurasan,... more
ز پیشـترها میشـناختیمش. بـا او در شـمارههای پیشـین ماهنامـه دربـارۀ هنـر و گالریهـای اصفهـان گفتوگـو کـرده بودیـم و از شـخصیت هنـری او خبـر داشـتیم: هنرمنـد نقـاش و معمـار بـا بیش از چهل نمایشـگاه انفـرادی و گروهـی. او یکـی از اصلیتریـن... more
About eighty years after the opening of the first European national museum, the Museum of Arts (the Louvre) in 1793, the Persian version, the Royal Museum was created in 1876. The Pahlavi government, about a century later, wished to... more
This, unlike the published version, has many photos in color, which you can enlarge to 300% without pixellation.
The Social History of the Irani Community and the rise of the Irani Cafes in Mumbai, through snapshot and documentary photography…
The mosques in the citadel of Yerevan are lost today and almost unknown. Here, the most significant of them is reconstructed from visual and literary sources, documented by unpublished photographs, and related to the early Qajar period... more
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مدارک تصويري ازجمله مهم ترين مدارک در مطالعه تاريخ و به خصوص تاريخ معماري است. مدارک تصويري انواع مختلفي دارد که نقاشي نوعي مهم در ميان آن هاست که ظرفيت هاي آن چندان شناخته شده نيست و کمتر در تحقيقات معماري مورد استفاده قرار گرفته است.... more
This article has attempted to investigate the patterns of traditional architecture in Iran's warm and dry climate and whether these patterns have been attended to in Iran's contemporary architecture or not. Since the two elements of... more
Although the majority of architectural muqarnas compositions constructed during the Rūm Saljuq period in Anatolia are in stone, there is a small and poorly understood corpus of brick muqarnas to be found in central and eastern Anatolia.... more
Islamic architecture includes a vast range of buildings with different and special elements that which of them can be evaluated uniquely. There are some bright styles that are effective while evolution of Islamic architecture in... more
A now old publication which for some reason I forgot to upload. The bibliography clearly needs updating, but it may still have some interest as an overview. The editors selected the illustrations without consulting me. A version with new... more
برجهای کبوتر، از جمله بناهای قدیمی کاربردی هستند که تعدادی از آنها هنوز در گوشهها و اطراف شهرهای امروزی هم به چشم میخورند. از جمله نامهای دیگری که این ساختمانها با آن شناخته میشوند "کبوترخانه"، "ورده"، "برج حمام" و "کفترخان" است؛... more
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This paper aims to analyze the square beyond an architectural element in the city, but weaves this blank slate, with its contemporary socio political atmosphere as a new paradigm. As a result, this research investigates the historical,... more
The secular and patriotic character of Iranian government officials during the 1920s and 1930s, and their successes in the modernisation of the traditionally structured Persian society and government have established the first Pahlavi’s... more