Chapters in this book

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