An Example of Traditional Houses Maraş: ‘Gözlüklü Ali House’

Facade Tectonics in Traditional Houses of Shiraz, Iran, Case Study: Zinat-al-Molk House

Contentment and Architecture An Investigation of the Manifestation of the Concept of Contentment in the Pattern of Iranian Traditional Houses (Case Study: Mortaz House)

The concept of contentment derived from the content is one of the names of Allah that in Islamic foundations has been emphasized. The traditional man, relying on these bases, to illustrate the divine names, he has tried in different aspects of his life. Architecture is one of the areas which these names appear in it and from a variety of architectures; the house provides the most possible for t...

Investigating Orosi* in Tabriz Qajar houses (Case studies: Mashrooteh House, Heydarzadeh House, Nikdel House)

Iranian architecture has beautiful embellishments that are made of different materials such as tiles, plaster, pottery, stone and wood. Although due to Iran’s hot and dry climate, wood embellishments are less being used, in some cases they have a special and unique place in Iranian architecture. Orosi windows are one of these embellishments which have a special place in various types of archite...

Investigating Orosi* in Tabriz Qajar houses (Case studies: Mashrooteh House, Heydarzadeh House, Nikdel House)

Iranian architecture has beautiful embellishments that are made of different materials such as tiles, plaster, pottery, stone and wood. Although due to Iran’s hot and dry climate, wood embellishments are less being used, in some cases they have a special and unique place in Iranian architecture. Orosi windows are one of these embellishments which have a special place in various types of archite...

facade tectonics in traditional houses of shiraz, iran, case study: zinat-al-molk house

traditional persian architects used to employ the facade ornaments to illustrate cultural values and heritage. moreover, their approach for the adaptation of decorations to structural constructional requirements of buildings, called tectonics, could be considered as a cultural-artistic character itself. although these features were omitted when modernism and its independent facade principle pre...