Iranian architecture

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Iranian architecture

(500–1000)
Decorative patterned brickwork, colored tile and molded stucco characterize this style. Other attributes are the use of stalactite vaults. The essential elements are richly decorated surfaces with brightly colored tiles and molded stucco. The minaret evolved into a standard form that had an influence on Indian architecture.
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Climatic spaces in the architecture of Iran. Memar, (48): 122.
Sustainable roofs in Iranian vernacular residential buildings
325-30), with emphases on the formative era of Islamic architecture in the seventh and eighth centuries, Salj[u.bar]q through Safavid architecture of Iran, Central Asia, and Afghanistan, and the arts of the book and painting in Persian manuscripts.
The Iconography of Islamic Art: Studies in Honour of Robert Hillenbrand
Islamic Architecture of Iran, Publication of University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran.
Analysis of stability patterns of Iran's architecture in Yazd's traditional houses
It was only a city based on the royal passion of a king Bishapour was a royal city which should reflect the tastes, power and the glory of a king and with the memorial characteristics it has, it can represent the great traditions in the architecture of Iran during the great history of Achaemenid.
The secret of water, pure architecture (an analysis on Anahita Temple, Bishapoor)
Climatic spaces in the architecture of Iran. Member magazine, 48: 112-116.
Iranian sustainable vernacular architecture

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