Iranian architecture

Available building materials dictate major forms in traditional Iranian architecture.

His tomb is a masterpiece of Iranian architecture and visited often.

The main building types of classical Iranian architecture are the mosque and the palace.

The mosque is a fine model of Turkish and Iranian architecture.

His textbook on the history of Iranian architecture is still used in universities across Iran.

A new age in Iranian architecture began with the rise of the Safavid dynasty.

The society built a state museum, a state library and several mausoleums, which incorporated motifs from ancient Iranian architecture.

The style borrows from pre-Islamic Iranian architecture.

Under their rule, the state became highly centralized, the first attempts to modernize the military were made, and even Isfahani style (Iranian architecture).

It is very common to mistake Iranian architecture for 'Islamic Architecture' and thus advisable to read both articles.

The style represents a borrowing from pre-Islamic Iranian architecture and has been used almost exclusively for mosques in Iran.

Iranian architecture displays great variety, both structural and aesthetic, developing gradually and coherently out of earlier traditions and experience.

The site was built around the mausoleum in 1985 and exhibits the modern style of Iranian architecture, with a tremendous amount of mirror and gold work.

Iranian architecture - or Persian architecture is the historic architecture of Iran (Persia).

Modernized Iranian architecture in Tehran Press TV (2010)

In Iranian architecture, gereh sazi patterns were seen in banna'i brickwork, stucco, and mosaic faience work.

Traditionally, the guiding formative motif of Iranian architecture has been its cosmic symbolism "by which man is brought into communication and participation with the powers of heaven".

Adorned by paintings, marble-carvings, tile-work, stucco, mirrors, enamel, woodcarvings, and lattice windows; the throne embodies the finest of Iranian architecture.

Iraj Kalantari Taleghani is a renowned contemporary Iranian architect, famous for his contribution to the modernization of Iranian architecture.

Ixilum was a small inflatable city, inspired by Iranian architecture and formerly displayed at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain.

The caravanserai is consisted of two inter-related four Iwan planned courtyards, famous for owning some of the most diverse and beautiful brick decorations in Iranian architecture.

The design of the Imam Mosque utilized the expertise of Iranian architecture of the time, providing all sectors of the complex with equal acoustic sound systems.

Fifteen of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites are creations of Iranian architecture.

Sabk Shenasi Mi'mari Irani (Study of styles in Iranian architecture), M. Karim Pirnia.

In Iranian architecture, the blue turquoise was used to cover the domes of the Iranian palaces because its intense blue colour was also a symbol of heaven on earth.