Iran Contemporary Architecture

Prof. DARAB DIBA
Conference and Exhibition

DISCUSSANT
CAMERON RASHTI & FRANCESCO SIRAVO

To understand and evaluate the contemporary architecture of Iran needs a multi-disciplinary study encompassing the many social disruptions that have occurred both in the past and during the recent history of this country, where invasions have occurred and which has often been confronted with periods of autocratic rule. As a matter of fact, if we believe that architecture cannot be dissociated from its social and political contextual roots, we need to look at what notions of identity, culture, tradition and history it represents.