Iran: Past, Present and Future
Michael Hensel
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Paperback. Over the last few decades, Iranian architects have made a significant contribution to architectural design. This has, however, remained largely unrecognised internationally. This publication highlights the future potential from an environmental design point of view of Iran's rich heritage of vernacular architecture. Series: Architectural Design. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 272 x 210 x 10. Weight in Grams: 570.
Over the last few decades, Iranian architects have made a significant contribution to architectural design. This has, however, remained largely unrecognised internationally, as architects in Iran have had little exposure in publications abroad and the diaspora of well-known Iranian designers working in the West, such as Hariri & Hariri and Nader Tehrani of NADAAA, are not necessarily associated with their cultural background. Moreover Iran, or rather Persia, has one of the richest and longest architectural heritages, which has a great deal of untapped potential for contemporary design. The intention of this issue is both to introduce key works and key ... Read more
- Features Hariri & Hariri, Nader Tehrani of NADAAA, Farjadi Architects, and studio INTEGRATE.
- Places the spotlight on emerging practices in Iran: Arsh Design Studio, Fluid Motion Architects, Pouya Khazaeli Parsa and Kourosh Rafiey (Asar).
- Contributors include: Reza Daneshmir and Catherine Spiridonoff, Farrokh Derakhshani, Darab Diba, Dr Nasrine Faghih and Amin Sadeghy, Farshad Farahi, Mehran Gharleghi and Michael Hensel.
- Looks at garden and landscape design as well as the urban fabric in Iran from a historical and contemporary context.
- Includes articles on the work of post-revolutionary architecture.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
Series
Architectural Design
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781119974505
SKU
V9781119974505
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About Michael Hensel
Michael Hensel is an architect, researcher and writer. He is Professor for 'Research by Design' at AHO (the Oslo School of Architecture and Design), where he is currently developing an architecture research centre. He co-developed the curriculum of the Emergent Technologies and Design Program and co-directed it from 2001 to 2009. Hensel has taught, lectured and held visiting professorships and ... Read more
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