Category: Iranian Concepts

Gonbad in Iranian Architecture

gonbad in irani Islamic architecture

Gonbad is one of the representative of Islamic Iranian architecture. It is like a signature. Gonbad history goes back to 3000 BC in Iran which is so important.

Sardab with evaporation in Iranian Architecture

sardab-evaporation-win-tower-in-Iran

Sardab is a solution for surviving in summer time in these cities. They build a basement under ground and mostly a pool in the center with a wind tower on top of that.

Toranj and Shamse

shamse-and-toranj

Shamse is mostly a designed circle in the center of the Gonbad (ceiling) which is normally empty inside like the sun itself.

Muqarnas in Iranian Architect

Moqarnas Shah Masque in Isfahan

Muqarnas is a decorative architecture art that you can see in ornamented vaulting in Islamic architecture.