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Iranian architecture or Persian architecture (Persian: معمارى ایرانی, Me'māri e Irāni) is the architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia, the Caucasus and Central Asia. Its history dates back to at least 5,000 BC with characteristic examples distributed over a vast area from Turkey and Iraq to Uzbekistan and ...
Being farmers meant great calls, such as having hot summers, and cold winters. Iran’s traditional architecture is designed in proportion to its climatic conditions.The continued design and existence of traditional homes amidst the preponderance of mid-rise apartments in Iran's ongoing modernisation projects is testament to a strong connection and identification with Persian architectural ...
Great Seljuk architecture, or simply Seljuk architecture, [a] refers to building activity that took place under the Great Seljuk Empire (11th–12th centuries). The developments of this period contributed significantly to the architecture of Iran , the architecture of Central Asia , and that of nearby regions.
The tradition and style of garden design represented by Persian gardens or Iranian gardens (Persian: باغ ایرانی) is a style of "landscape" garden which emerged in the Achaemenid Empire. Humayun's Tomb and the Taj Mahal have some of the largest Persian gardens in the world, from the era of the Mughal Empire in India.
The architecture of Syria and the Jazira includes the widest variety of forms in the medieval Islamic world, being influenced by the surviving architecture of Late Antiquity, contemporary Christian buildings, and Islamic architecture from the east. There are some muqarnas domes of the Iraqi type, but most domes are slightly pointed hemispheres ...
The city's buildings, made from local materials like mud-brick, wood, and stone, blend seamlessly into the landscape, reflecting a harmonious relationship between human habitation and nature. Today Masuleh has maintained its traditional social and economic structures, making it a living example of rural life in Iran. [71] The Historical City of ...
Chartaqi was a prominent element in Iranian architecture, having various functions and used in both secular and religious contexts for 1,500 years, with the first instance apparently being developed in the Sasanian city of Gor (Firuzabad) in 210s AD by King Ardashir I.
Islamic architecture in fact borrowed heavily from Persian architecture. The Round city of Baghdad built in Abbasid period was based on Partho-Sasanian circular city design. [2] [3] Baghdad, for example, was based on Persian precedents such as Firouzabad in Persia. In fact, it is now known that the two designers who were hired by al-Mansur to ...