خلاصة:
A comparative study of the corresponding styles of Western and Iranian modern architecture has hardly ever been carried out in detail. This paper aims to sketch out an outline for such an investigation and to present a summary of empirical evidence accompanied by field observations to elaborate the ongoing trend of relationship between architectural styles in Iran and that of the West. This is particularly the case from the last decades of the 19th century onwards in which a number of styles of architecture, commonly referred to as the imported/modern urban architecture, have had significant impact on our national architecture.This paper will compare a number of cases in European cities and Tehran and examines their merits and interactions. It will be argued that despite the current professional contempt and the official disregard of these predominantly strong examples of modern architecture in Iran, they represent a valuable legacy of practice for architectural students, as well representing an important era in our urban history.
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It can suggested that the early examples of this style were mainly constructions superficially affected by European architecture; so that while their façade and decorative features might have reflected an observable amount of the European Neo-Classicism and even traces of Baroque influences; their / Fig. 3: Old Parliament Building 19th century Source: http://www.
Here, while the usage of rectangular madrasa Alburz College in Tehran (1920) is another example of modern Iranian schools built in this style during the first Pahlavi period, in which traditional architectural elements are used to create a modern public space.
The last decades of the19th century witnessed the emergence of the Art Nouveau style of architecture in Europe that had no chance of being represented in Iran; and its effects (if Fig. 8: Central Post office Building 1928 Source: http://www.
com/photos/ary- amehr/3322766819/in/set-72157607866628652 / Fig. 14: Fascist architecture of Reza shah period in Tehran Source:http://salehat.
In a wider sense, the introduction of modern architecture in Iran was a by product of the Pahlavi regime’s / Fig. 15: Art -deco building in Old Meydan-e Imam (left top corner) Source: http://www.
php?t=920774&page=5 / Fig. 21: Art-deco motivated housing style in central Tehran (Source: Taken by Author) ordinary buildings and urban housing schemes is concerned, the image of cities was gradually changed, from the traditional mud brick structures into brick, mortar and cement constructions, reflecting the contemporary European style of the time.
php?t=920774&page=5 Mohmmad Hassan Ebrahimi (رجوع شود به تصویر صفحه) Fig. 23: Art-deco motivated style buildings in Tehran Source: http://www.
com/ photos/aryamehr/3166440290/ / Fig. 26: Modern architecture in Bucharest Source: http://www.