Editing Iranian architecture (section)

=== Design ===
[[File:Perspolis.jpg|upright|thumb|Persian-style column as seen in Persepolis]]
Certain design elements of Persian architecture have persisted throughout the [[history of Iran]]. The most striking are a marked feeling for [[Measurement|scale]] and a discerning use of simple and massive forms. The consistency of decorative preferences, the high-arched [[Portal (architecture)|portal]] set within a [[Alcove (architecture)|recess]], [[column]]s with bracket capitals, and recurrent types of plan and elevation can also be mentioned. Through the ages these elements have recurred in completely different types of buildings, constructed for various programs and under the patronage of [[List of kings of Persia|a long succession of rulers]].

[[File:Baghe Eram Shiraz.jpg|right|thumb|[[Eram Garden]] (19th century) in [[Shiraz]], with example of a ''[[talar]]''{{Sfn|Grigor|2021|pp=175–176}}]]
The columned [[porch]], or ''[[talar]]'', seen in the rock-cut tombs near [[Persepolis]], reappear in [[Sassanid]] temples, and in late Islamic times it was used as the portico of a palace or mosque, and adapted even to the architecture of roadside tea-houses. Similarly, the [[dome]] on four arches, so characteristic of Sassanid times, is a still to be found in many cemeteries and [[Imamzadeh]]s across [[Iran]] today. The notion of earthly towers reaching up toward the sky to mingle with the divine towers of heaven lasted into the 19th century, while the interior court and pool, the angled entrance and extensive decoration are ancient, but still common, features of Iranian architecture.<ref name=autogenerated1 />