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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- List of figures and plates viii
- Acknowledgements xiv
- Note on transliteration xvi
- Introduction – Development, architecture, and heritage: The formation of a collective imagination 1
- 1. A vital past: Engaging nostalgia 27
- 2. Canvassing a future: The international congresses of architecture in Iran and the transnational search for identity 55
- 3. Heritage in the everyday: Housing and collective identity before 1979 82
- 4. Forming a future from the past: Realizing an everyday Islamic identity 114
- 5. Forming a national image through public projects: The Shahyad Arya-Mehr Tower 145
- 6. Tehran’s reluctant urban centre: Representing the national capital 180
- Conclusion: Design as the mediator of development and heritage 223
- Bibliography 239
- Index 268
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- List of figures and plates viii
- Acknowledgements xiv
- Note on transliteration xvi
- Introduction – Development, architecture, and heritage: The formation of a collective imagination 1
- 1. A vital past: Engaging nostalgia 27
- 2. Canvassing a future: The international congresses of architecture in Iran and the transnational search for identity 55
- 3. Heritage in the everyday: Housing and collective identity before 1979 82
- 4. Forming a future from the past: Realizing an everyday Islamic identity 114
- 5. Forming a national image through public projects: The Shahyad Arya-Mehr Tower 145
- 6. Tehran’s reluctant urban centre: Representing the national capital 180
- Conclusion: Design as the mediator of development and heritage 223
- Bibliography 239
- Index 268