Contents
INTRODUCTION
From the Safavids to the Iranian Revolution 10
The Garden as Anticipation of the Town
The Key to Persian Architecture and Garden Design 18
Bagh-e Fin, Teahouse in the garden 30
The Safavid Dynasty
1501 The Foundation of the Empire 40
1501-1548 Tabriz- First Safavid Capital 46
Mansions of Tabriz 60
1548-1598 Qazvin - Second Safavid Capital 66
643-1598 Pre-Safavid Isfahan . 84
Origin of the Four-Ayvan Mosque 106
1598-1629 Isfahan, Capital of Shah Abbas the Great 110
Middle Eastern Palace Architecture 136
1629-1722 The late Safavid in Isfahan 140
1722-1779 From Capital of the Empire to Provincial Town 180
Space and Surface in Persian Architecture 194
The Zand Dynasty
1759-1779 Shiraz, Residential Town of Karim Khan Zand 206
1787-1925 Shiraz, New Beginning under the Qajar 224
Excursion into prehistory
560-330 Achaemenid Empire, Pasargadae, Persepolis 236
224-642 Sassanid Empire, Firuzabad 250
The Qajar Dynasty
1779-1865 From Village to Capital of Iran 260
1778 The Earthquake of Kashan 280
1865-1924 First Influence of European Architecture 292
The Pahlavi Dynasty
1924-1933 Discovery of the National Identity 318
1934-1941 Arrival of Modernity in Iranian Architecture 332
1941-1963 Global City Tehran 360
1963-1978 The "Golden Age" of Iranian Modernism 392
1967 Iranian Pavilion Montreal 394
1960-1968 Maison d'Iran a Paris 395
1971 2500-Year Celebration of the Persian Empire 424
The Islamic Republic of Iran
1978-2000 The Architecture of the Iranian Revolution 428
Since 2000 Today's Architect Generation 450
2004/2005 Embassies of the Islamic Republic ofiran in Germany 452
Index
Maps 502
Glossary 546
Chronology 550
Index of architects 566
Index of places 570
Author 575