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    Past& Present: A Symbol of Freedom Amidst Chaos: Iran's Azadi Tower

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    The document provides an overview of architecture in Iran, including historical and modern styles. It describes various traditional building types such as caravansaries, palaces like Persepolis, tombs including domed mausoleums and tomb towers, and religious structures such as shrines, mosques, and minarets. For modern architecture, it notes its introduction 60 years ago and increasing numbers of graduates in the field. It provides photos of modern commercial and residential buildings as well as Iran's Senate House and the iconic Azadi Tower, built in 1971 but renamed after the 1979 revolution as a symbol of freedom.

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    The document provides an overview of architecture in Iran, including historical and modern styles. It describes various traditional building types such as caravansaries, palaces like Persepolis, tombs including domed mausoleums and tomb towers, and religious structures such as shrines, mosques, and minarets. For modern architecture, it notes its introduction 60 years ago and increasing numbers of graduates in the field. It provides photos of modern commercial and residential buildings as well as Iran's Senate House and the iconic Azadi Tower, built in 1971 but renamed after the 1979 revolution as a symbol of freedom.

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    The document provides an overview of architecture in Iran, including historical and modern styles. It describes various traditional building types such as caravansaries, palaces like Persepolis, tombs including domed mausoleums and tomb towers, and religious structures such as shrines, mosques, and minarets. For modern architecture, it notes its introduction 60 years ago and increasing numbers of graduates in the field. It provides photos of modern commercial and residential buildings as well as Iran's Senate House and the iconic Azadi Tower, built in 1971 but renamed after the 1979 revolution as a symbol of freedom.

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    Past& Present: A Symbol of Freedom Amidst Chaos: Iran's Azadi Tower

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    The passage discusses different types of historical architecture in Iran including caravansaries, palaces, tombs, shrines and mosques. It also outlines the evolution of modern Iranian architecture from the 20th century onwards and highlights some key structures like the Azadi Tower.

    The passage discusses several types of historical architecture in Iran including caravansaries which provided shelter for travelers, palaces like Persepolis, domed mausoleums and tomb towers for secular burials, village shrines, and mosques which served as places of worship and community gathering.

    Modern Iranian architecture has evolved from traditional Islamic-influenced styles. In the 20th century, western influences emerged alongside nationalist styles. Structures from this period aimed to showcase Iran's modernization under the Pahlavi dynasty but after the 1979 revolution, structures took on new symbolic meanings of cultural identity and independence.

    MODERN IRAN ARCHITECTURE

    IRAN
    PAST& PRESENT

    A Symbol Of Freedom Amidst Chaos: Iran’s Azadi Tower


    MODERN IRAN ARCHITECTURE

    PAST

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    Caravansaries:
     A caravan in Persian means a group of
    travelers or merchants banded together
    and organized for mutual assistance and
    defense while traveling through unsettled
    or hostile country. Caravan trade is
    associated with the history of Iran and the
    Middle East as far back as the records of
    ancient civilizations extend and seems to
    have been well developed before maritime
    commerce began

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    Palaces:

    Persepolis (Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 Pārsa, Takht-e Jamshid or Chehel


    Minar) was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (ca. 550-
    330 BCE). Persepolis is situated 70 km northeast of the modern city of
    Shiraz in the Fars Province of modern Iran

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    Tombs:

    Secular tombs fall into two clearly marked architectural categories -the
    domed mausoleum and the tomb tower. The former has certain affinities
    with the larger shrine. It is frequently octagonal rising through squinches and
    galleries into a circular dome. It is built for show, inside and out. meant to be
    visited. the last resting place of a chieftain who may have had no claim to
    sainthood, but expected to be duly revered when he was dead. Tomb towers,
    which are mainly confined to northern Iran.  were conceived in a different
    spirit. They were gaunt, remote, solitary resting places, not meant to be
    frequented by admirers in generations to come.

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    Shrines:

    Nearly every town in Iran has its quota of shrines, and the village or wayside shrines are a
    recurring feature of the Iranian landscape. In general they are modest, circular, four-sided
    or octagonal buildings, surmounted by a cone or dome. Many have charm but no great
    architectural merit; the famous shrines, rambling structures which have received
    additions from generations of the devout, are among the most splendid, and in some cases
    the most opulent, buildings in Iran. The lesser shrines, unlike the mosques, have a distinct
    re2jonal character.

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    Mosques:
    MODERN IRAN ARCHITECTURE

    From Cordoba to Delhi, from Sarajevo to the Niger, the mosque (masjid in
    Persian and Arabic) or house of prayer is the outstanding symbol of Islam, the
    focus of worship, and contemplation, the meeting place of man with man, and
    of man with God. Its forms are more varied and its uses more widespread than
    those of the Christian cathedral or church. While primarily a place of worship,
    it is also an assembly hall, often a religious college, sometimes a court of
    .justice, even, to some extent, a poor man's club.

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    Minarets:
    MODERN IRAN ARCHITECTURE

    1The earliest minarets were


    square, at least in their
    lower stories, but few of
    these survive in Iran today.
    The round minaret
    originated in north-east Iran
    and was built of brick,
    tapering towards the
    summit. Until at least the
    thirteenth century, minarets
    were almost invariably
    single and placed in the
    north comer of the mosque.
    Since the fifteenth century
    minarets have generally
    been covered with mosaic or
    colored tiles, in the taste of
    the period. In general, Iran,
    compared with, say, Turkey;
    is markedly deficient in
    minarets. Only at Esfahan
    do they occupy a prominent
    place in the landscape

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    PRESENT

    A Symbol Of Freedom Amidst Chaos: Iran’s Azadi Tower


    Modern architecture was introduced
    MODERN IRAN ARCHITECTURE
    in Iran 60 years ago and we are now
    witnessing the fourth generation of
    Iranian architects. With architecture
    how a productive activity, we should
    admit that considerable progress
    has been made in this period. Today,
    most buildings, at least from a
    bureaucratic perspective, are
    "engineer-built" and the number of
    graduates and students of
    architecture has increased

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    Nader Shah Mausoleum, Mashhad, Iran 1958


    Iran's Senate House (Later Majles), Tehran, Iran
    Architect: Heydar Ghiai

    Iran's Senate House Main Chamber Dome, Tehran, Iran


    Iran's Senate House (Later Majles), Tehran, Iran
    Architect: Heydar Ghiai
    Architect: Heydar Ghiai

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    A Metal Work in a commercial Building
    Tehran, Iran

    A Commercial Building in Tehran

    A Modern Residential Villa A Residential Building

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    Residential Building Interior of an Iranian Appartment

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      Azadi Tower
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    The Azadi Tower (Persian:‫رج آزادـی‬
    ‫ بــــ‬, Borj-e Azadi; translated:
                                        
    Freedom Tower), previously known as the Shahyād Āryāmehr
    (Persian: ‫ ; شـهیاد آریاـمـهـر‬English: King Memorial Tower), is the symbol
    of Tehran, the capital of Iran, and marks the entrance to the city.

    History

    Built in 1971 in commemoration of the 2,500th anniversary of the


    Persian Empire, this "Gateway into Iran" was named the Shahyad
    Tower, meaning "Kings' Memorial", but was dubbed Azadi
    (Freedom) after the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Originally intended
    to remind coming generations of the achievements of modern Iran
    under the Pahlavi dynasty, it has become a symbol of the country's
    revival. It is 50 meters (148 ft) tall and completely clad in cut
    marble

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    Hossein Amanat,
    architect

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    Aerial view of the tower

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    Asfahan mosque Iran
    MODERN IRAN ARCHITECTURE

    This is one of the oldest mosques still


    standing in Iran, and it was built in the four-
    iwan architectural style, placing four gates
    face to face. An iwan is a vaulted open room.
    The qibla iwan on the southern side of the
    mosque was vaulted with muqarnas during
    the thirteen hundreds. Muqarnas are niche-
    like cells

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    The New Milad Tower in Tehran
    MODERN IRAN ARCHITECTURE

    Iran Daily called the Milad Tower, also known as Borj-e


    Milad, “A symbol of the Iranian modernization,” and as
    the images prove, it truly is a cutting edge piece of
    architecture.
    The Milad Tower servers several purposes, including
    entertainment; the art gallery and rotating restaurant
    could serve as some of the hottest new destinations in the
    capital of Iran.

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