Architectural Design N°3 – Iran: Past, present and future (2012)

5 Editorial
Helen Castle

6 About the Guest Editors
Michael Hensel and Mehran Gharleghi

8 Spotlight
Visual highlights of the issue

16 Introduction
Iran: Past, Present and Future
Michael Hensel and Mehran Gharleghi

26 Towards an Architectural History of Performance: Auxiliarity, Performance and Provision in Historical Persian Architectures
Michael Hensel, Defne Sunguroglu Hensel, Mehran Gharleghi and Salmaan Craig

38 Persian Gardens and Landscapes
Nasrine FAghih and Amin Sadeghy

52 World of Similitude: The Metamorphosis of Iranian Architecture
Farshad Farahi

62 Subterranean Landscape: The Far-Reaching Influence of the Underground Qanat Network in Ancient and Present Day Iran
Reza Daneshimir and Catherine Spiridonoff

70 Contemporary Architecture of Iran
Darab Diba

80 Assimilating the Authentic with the Contemporary: The Work of Hadi Mirmiran 1945-2006
Saman Sayar

88 Practices @ Home: Assimilating the Past and the Present for a Visionary Architecture
Mehran Gharleghi

104 Practices Abroad: Today’s Diaspora Tomorrow’s Architecture
Michael Hensel

120 Latent Futures of Iranian Architecture
Michael Hensel

128 Counterpoint Iran in the Regional Context
Farrokh Derakhhani

135 Contributors

Publicado por Natalia Arocena | 25 de mayo de 2012 - 08:06 | Actualizado: 25 de mayo de 2012 - 08:07 | PDF