Editing Iranian architecture (section)

== Contemporary Iranian architecture ==
{{further|Architecture of Tehran}}
Contemporary architecture in Iran begins with the advent of the first Pahlavi period in the early 1920s. Some designers, such as [[Andre Godard]], created works such as the [[National Museum of Iran]] that were reminiscent of Iran's historical architectural heritage. Others made an effort to merge the traditional elements with modern designs in their works. The [[Tehran University]] main campus is one such example. Others, such as [[Heydar Ghiai]] and [[Houshang Seyhoun]], have tried to create completely original works, independent of prior influences.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Diba |first1=Darab |title=Iran: Architecture for Changing Societies |last2=Dehbashi |first2=Mozayan |publisher=Umberto Allemandi & C. |year=2004 |editor-last=Jodidio |editor-first=Philip |chapter=Trends in Modern Iranian Architecture |chapter-url=https://blogs.ubc.ca/parsia/files/2008/12/dpc14421.pdf}}</ref> [[Dariush Borbor]]'s architecture successfully combined modern architecture with local vernacular.<ref name="auto">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_X0UAQAAMAAJ&q=borbor |title=Architecture: formes + fonctions |date=2010-11-10 |access-date=2017-06-17}}</ref><ref name="auto1">Michel Ragon, ''Histoire Mondiale de l'Architecture et de l'Urbanisme Modernes'', vol. 2, Casterman, Paris, 1972, p. 356.</ref> The [[Azadi Tower]], originally called the Shadyad Tower, was completed in 1971 and has since become one of the major landmarks of Tehran. Designed by Hossein Amanat, it incorporates forms and ideas from historic Iranian architecture.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Amanat |first=Abbas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=omo3DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA667 |title=Iran: A Modern History |publisher=Yale University Press |year=2017 |isbn=978-0-300-23146-5 |pages=667 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-07-18 |title=برج آزادی پس از۲۰ سال شسته می شود |url=https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran/2009/07/090718_mg_azadi_sq_tehran |access-date=2023-08-04 |publisher=BBC News فارسی |language=fa}}</ref> [[Borj-e Milad]] (or Milad Tower), completed in 2007,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shirazi |first=M. Reza |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kidFDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA65 |title=Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism in Iran: Tradition, Modernity, and the Production of 'Space-in-Between' |publisher=Springer |year=2018 |isbn=978-3-319-72185-9 |pages=65 |language=en}}</ref> is the tallest tower in Iran and is the 24th tallest free-standing structure in the world.

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File:Palais du Senat iranien (1970).jpg|Iran Senate House Traditional Persian mythology such as the chains of justice of Nowshiravan and essences of Iranian architecture have been incorporated by [[Heydar Ghiai]] to create a new modern Iranian architecture.
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File:Contemporary arts tehran.jpg|[[Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art|Tehran's Museum of Contemporary Arts]] designed by Kamran Diba is based on traditional Iranian elements such as [[Badgir]]s, and yet has a spiraling interior reminiscent of [[Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum|Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim]].
File:UTehran college social sciences.jpg|Tehran University College of Social Sciences shows obvious traces of architecture from [[Persepolis]].
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