Editing Iranian architecture (section)

== Iranian architects ==
[[File:Iranian film logo.jpg|thumb|right|80px|Click [https://web.archive.org/web/20190226141817/http://www.etereaestudios.com/docs_html/isfahan_htm/isfahan_index.htm '''here'''] for animation of Iranian architecture.]]The first professional association of Iranian architects, the Society of Iranian Diplomate Architects, was founded on 30 January 1945. Its founders were Iranian architects, including Vartan Avanessian, [[Mohsen Foroughi]], and [[Keyghobad Zafar]]. Foreign architects had been very prominent in Iran during the early 20th century, and one of the new association's activities was the publication of a magazine, ''Architecte'', which promoted Iranian architects.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Roudbari |first=Shawhin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tNhzCgAAQBAJ |title=The Historiography of Persian Architecture |publisher=Routledge |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-317-42721-6 |editor-last=Gharipour |editor-first=Mohammad |pages=173–183 |language=en |chapter=Instituting architecture: A history of transnationalism in Iran's architecture profession, 1945–1995}}</ref> In 1966, a new professional association was founded, the [[Association of Iranian Architects]]. Its founders included Vartan Avanessian, Abass Azhdari, Naser Badi, Abdelhamid Eshraq, Manuchehr Khorsandi, Iraj Moshiri, Ali Sadeq, and Keyghobad Zafar.<ref name=":1" />

Several Iranian architects have managed to win the prestigious A' Design Award 2018 in an unprecedented number of sections.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-17 |title=Iranian Architects Among Winners Of Prestigious A' Design Award 2018 |url=https://ifpnews.com/iranian-architects-among-winners-of-prestigious-a-design-award-2018/ |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=ifpnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> A number of Iranian architects have also won the [[Aga Khan Award for Architecture]], including:

* Bagh-e-Ferdowsi, Tehran. 1999–2001<ref name="autogenerated2">[http://www.akdn.org/agency/akaa/eighthcycle/jury.htm Aga Khan Award for Architecture – Master Jury Report – The Eighth Award Cycle, 1999–2001<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607221649/http://www.akdn.org/agency/akaa/eighthcycle/jury.htm |date=2007-06-07 }}</ref>
* New Life for Old Structures, Various locations. 1999–2001<ref name="autogenerated2" />
* Shushtar New Town, Shushtar. 1984–1986<ref>[http://www.akdn.org/agency/akaa/thirdcycle/awards84-86.html Aga Khan Award for Architecture: The Third Award Cycle, 1984–1986<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070512151646/http://www.akdn.org/agency/akaa/thirdcycle/awards84-86.html |date=2007-05-12 }}</ref>
* [[Ālī Qāpū|Ali Qapu]], Chehel Sutun, and [[Hasht Behesht]], [[Isfahan]]. 1978–1980<ref>[http://www.akdn.org/agency/akaa/firstcycle/ali.html (AKTC)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070604122413/http://www.akdn.org/agency/akaa/firstcycle/ali.html |date=2007-06-04 }}</ref>