An evaluation of Iran architecture during first Pahlavi Era: A transition from tradition to modernity

Javad Eiraji; Seyed Ahmad Reza Yekani Fard

doi:10.47818/DRArch.2021.v2i2021

An evaluation of Iran architecture during first Pahlavi Era: A transition from tradition to modernity

Authors

Javad Eiraji Short Bio Eskisehir Technical University

Javad Eiraji received his PhD degree from Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, IRAN in 2017. Javad who has been the Assistant Professor and Head of Architecture Department in Islamic Azad University for 5 years, has been started to work with Eskisehir Technical University, Eskisehir, Turkey as visiting lecturer. Javad has various articles which are published in both national and international academic journals which focus on Identity, Tradition and Modernity in Architecture, Contemporary Architecture and Sustainability.
Seyed Ahmad Reza Yekani Fard Short Bio Eskisehir Technical University

Seyed Ahmad Reza Yekani Fard who has been the Assistant Professor and Head of Urban Planning Department in Islamic Azad University-Dubai Branch for 7 years, has been started to work with Eskisehir Technical University, Eskisehir, Turkey as visiting lecturer. Reza has various articles which are published in both national and international academic journals which focus on Urban Planning and Design

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47818/DRArch.2021.v2i2021

Keywords:

First Pahlavi, tradition, modernity, contemporary architecture of Iran

Abstract

How to move from tradition to modernity and how to combine or control them in a society has a direct relationship with the culture and the culture, as the main tool of architecture, needs a transition. This transition was started to be appeared in Iran during first Pahlavi era, while the government was planning to develop this process. This research is a qualitative-descriptive one and it has a deductive style and the significance and aim of this research is to study the tradition and modernity in architecture and to see how the contemporary architecture of Iran tried to transit from tradition to modernity during first Pahlavi Era. In this paper, first we will have a quick review on Iran during first Pahlavi era and its contemporary social and political history and tradition and modernity in its architecture and then by studying the architecture of two famous foreign architects, Nikolai Markov and Andre Godard who were invited to the country by the government for reformation and modernization of architecture of the country, their modern architectural styles facing with traditional and national needs of the country and their solutions will be studied.

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2021-08-30

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Eiraji, J., & Yekani Fard, S. A. R. (2021). An evaluation of Iran architecture during first Pahlavi Era: A transition from tradition to modernity. Journal of Design for Resilience in Architecture and Planning, 2(2), 222–233. https://doi.org/10.47818/DRArch.2021.v2i2021