Iran: Past, Present and Future (Paperback)

EditorIal 5
Helen Castle

About the Guest Editors 6
Michael Hensel and Mehran Gharleghi

Spotlight 8

Visual highlights of the issue

Introduction 16

Iran: Past, Present and Future
Michael Hensel and Mehran Gharleghi

Towards an Architectural History of Performance: Auxiliarity, Performance and Provision in Historical Persian Architectures 26
Michael Hensel, Defne Sunguroğlu Hensel, Mehran Gharleghi and Salmaan Craig

Persian Gardens and Landscapes 38
Nasrine Faghih and Amin Sadeghy

World of Similitude: The Metamorphosis of Iranian Architecture 52
Farshad Farahi

Subterreanean Landscape: The Far-Reaching Influence of the Underground Qanat Network in Ancient and Present-Day Iran 62
Reza Daneshmir and Catherine Spiridonoff

Contemporary Architecture of Iran 70
Darab Diba

Assimilating the Authentic with the Contemporary: The Work of Hadi Mirmiran 1945–2006 80
Saman Sayar

Practices @ Home: Assimilating the Past and the Present for a Visionary Architecture 88
Mehran Gharleghi

Practices Abroad: Today’s Diaspora Tomorrow’s Architecture 104
Michael Hensel

Latent Futures of Iranian Architecture 120
Michael Hensel

Counterpoint 128

Iran in the Regional Context
Farrokh Derakhshani

Contributors 135