Courtesy of Habibeh Madjdabadi Architecture Office

Mellat Bank, with its 3000 branches in Iran, is considered one the most important Iranian banks. Due to the tough competition among the Iranian banks for renovating their image, in January 2009, Mellat Bank management asked the above mentioned designers to design a new façade for its branches. In order to evaluate the sociological, technical and visual consequences of such new corporate concept, the bank decided to apply it first in the façade of an existing branch. More images and project description after the break. read more »

Courtesy of Ali Ghorbani, Ali Kashfi, Hosein Shirazian

The Ghalemorghi Airport, the first airport established in Iran, was opened in 1922 on 300 hectares of land in the south of Tehran and the first ever flight in Iran took place from this airport. When Tehran municipality decided to demolish the walls of this military airport in order to change its function to a public space and theme park, a competition was announced for designing the main entry gate of the project. The aim of this new gate by Ali Ghorbani, Ali Kashfi and Hosein Shirazian is to create a space to establish a strong link with the park away from the traffic and chaos of the nearby highways. This new gate has to correspond to the scale and atmosphere of the park. More images and project description after the break. read more »

Courtesy of Hooman Balazadeh

Although Kish Island is currently a developing region, it can be observed as two main zones; one of which is based on former developments of the Island in previous years, and the other is the currently developing parts. The project for an office and hotel complex by Hooman Balazadeh and team is located at the threshold of the developing zone and the former developed zone. This role facilitates it to collaborate with the two zones and also work effectively with future developments. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »

© Arash Nasiri

Architects : FEA STUDIO - Arash Nasiri , Ensieh Khamseh
Location: Bastam, Semnan, Iran
Project team: Pirooz Parsazadeh, Masoumeh Molaee, Mohammad Hosein Azimi, Amir Nasiry
Structural design: Payman Khatibi
M&E design: Babak Koolivand, Ahmad Rahmati
Project manager & Contractor: Hossein Farzinnia , Alireza Tahmouresi
Client: NOOR-e-MOBIN charity organization , Mr. Hossein Farzinnia
Project area: 1,400 sqm
Completion: 2010
Photographs: Behrooz Khamseh, Arash Nasiri

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ContemporARchitectURban Designers Group, which was created by Ali Andaji Garmaroodi, Amin Monsefi and Reza Roudneshin, shared with us their winning proposal for the Mehrshahr Residential Complex Design Competition located in Karaj which is the fifth largest city of Iran, and located near Tehran. The main purpose of the client and the organizer of this competition was to find new ways to develop and build houses for middle layer people of the society in order to have an complex suits to Iranian needs and culture, which has had missed in the recent years. More images and project description after the break. read more »

Courtesy of CAAT Studio Architecture

CAAT Studio Architecture shared with us their design for a media complex located in the main cultural zone of Tehran. Their goal is to show that the human itself, acts as a media in the project. During the day, the presence of humans can make the project alive by moving towards different parts of it such as amphitheatre on the roof and other spaces. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »

Courtesy of Alireza Mahdizadeh Hakak, Ali Aleali, & Fatemeh Farmanfarmayee

In an open competition, Alireza Mahdizadeh Hakak, Ali Aleali, & Fatemeh Farmanfarmayee were challenged to design a 10,000m2 commercial center for building industry in the Gilan Province, which is located in the northern part of Iran within a moderate climate and surrounded with forests. Enough precipitation and unique landscape scenes are the main characteristics of the site. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »

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The Yademan tower in Ardebil, Iran is a residential building which was designed by Iranian based, Architecture Atelier as an entry for the Ofogh Tarh and Andishe architecture competition and is currently a candidate for construction. They combined the role of the Iranian central courtyard buildings with the formal structure of irregular skyscrapers to reach an innovative concept. More images and architects’ description after the break.

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Courtesy D+R Dipiuerre Architettura

D+R Dipiuerre Architettura has just recently presented their proposal for a project being developed on the island of Kish, Iran and has shared their fresh work with ArchDaily’s readers. Additional images and brief description after the break.
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© Persia Photography Centre

Architects: RYRA Studio – Abbas Riahi Fard , Farinaz Razavi Nikoo
Location: Shemshak, Tehran, Iran
Project team: Ashkan Bagheri Aghdam, Navid Nasrollahzadeh, Yaser Karimian, Hamed Tabesh, Soroush Alipour, Hesam Raoofpanah
Project area: 60 sqm
Project year: 2008
Photographs: Persia Photography Centre

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© Ali Daghigh

Architects:  Fluid Motion Architects – Reza Daneshmir, Catherine Spiridonoff
Location: Tehran, Iran
Project team:  Bijan Vaziri, Arash Javadi, Amir Badiei, Akram Lolaei, Elaheh Najafi, Iman Nedaei, Mohammad Mehrabani, Majid Ahmadi, Iman Daneshvarnejad
Structural Consultant: Hamid Bastani Parizi (N.A.S Consulting Engineers)
Mechanical Consultant: Badri Rahimzadeh
Electrical Consultant: Amir Shaabanzadeh
Structural and Architectural Contractor: Nikan Niroo Co.
Mechanical And Electrical Contractor: Arkan Arzesh Co.
Cinema Instruments: Masoud Roostaei
Environmental Graphic: Peyman Banishoraka
Client: Development of Cultural Spaces Co. (Tehran Municipality)
Project area: 6,000 sqm
Project year: 2003 – 2008
Photographs: Homauon Amir Yeganeh, Ali Daghigh, Ardavan Bidgoli, Maryam Jami, Reza Daneshmir

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© Parham Taghiof

Architects: Hooman Balazadeh
Location: Karaj, Iran
Client: Ahmad Shahkaram
Project area: 4,500 sqm
Project year: 2008
Photographs: Parham Taghiof

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© Arsh Design Group

Architects: Arsh Design Group / Rambod Eilkhani, Pantea Eslami, Nashid Nabian, Alireza Sherafati
Location: Tehran, Iran
Client: Ahmad Nabian – Abolghasem Nabian
Structure: Javad Nakhaei
Electrical: Ali Piltan
Mechanical: Ali Ghanizadeh
Construction: Arsh Design Group
Project area: 510 sqm
Project year: 2007-2010
Photographs: Arsh Design Group

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© Parham Taghiof

Architects: Hooman Balazadeh
Location: Velenjak Shopping Center, Velenjak Street, Tehran, Iran
Client: Zohuri Brothers
Consultant: Hooba Design Group
Design Team: Bahram Afsari- Milad Faraji
Contractor: Jubin Yaghmaei
Project area: 75 sqm
Project year: 2009
Photographs: Parham Taghioff

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© Narjes Ziaolmolki

Architects: Kourosh Rafiey
Location: Pardis Technology Park, Tehran, Iran
Client: Farshad Aghazadeh
Project area: 450 sqm
Project year: 2009
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© Pouya Khazaeli Parsa

Design: Pouya Khazaeli Parsa
Location: Ramsar, Mazandaran, Iran
Collaborators: Kaveh Akef, Milad Haghnejad
Construction: Javad Abbasi
Client: Manouchehr Mirdamad
Total Cost: €850
Materials: Gas pip, Bamboo, Rice stream
Maximum diameter: 8 sqm
Minimum diameter: 6 sqm
Maximum height: 3,30 sqm
Project area: 40 sqm
Project year: 2009
Photographs: Pouya Khazaeli Parsa

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Take a look at Villa In Darvishabad by Pouya Khazaeli Parsa. This video directed by Mehrdad Emrani, provides a complete experience of the house, proportion and scale, and how the light shifts in the home throughout the day. Last month we featured this project – drawings, photographs and description can be found here.

© Mohsen Jazayeri

Architects: Pouya Khazaeli Parsa
Location: Darvishabad, Mazandaran, Iran
Client: Nastaran Shahbazi
Structure: Peyman Khezri
Project area: 240 sqm
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Mohsen Jazayeri

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In the past, we’ve told you about the AA Visiting School, a worldwide network organized by the Architectural Association School of Architecture in collaboration with each country they visit. They have conducted events and workshops all over the world including Beijing, Madrid, San Francisco, Santiago, Sao Paulo and Singapore among others.

Some months ago, they continued with their events in Tehran, Iran and Muscat, Oman. In recent years Iran has emerged as a cultural and economic hub within the Middle East; with its illustrious history in architecture it offers a fertile ground for research and investigation into a number of topics ranging from manufacturing to urbanism. Tehran, its capital city, has become a major laboratory for contemporary cultural production in terms of architecture and has recently undergone massive changes to its infrastructure and urban boundaries to cater for expansion.

Oman has been careful and cautions in its expansion and approach to development, with recent events in the region it is now set to profit with massive increase in tourism. With the existence of a void in architectural thinking and identity in Oman it will be incredibly interesting to see how its will approach issues relating to architecture and urbanism. You can see some photos of the workshop after the break. read more »

Courtesy of Bonsar Architecture Studio

Iran-based Bonsar Architecture Studio shared with us their proposal for the Tehran Business Hotel Competition, for which they received first prize. See more images and architect’s description after the break. read more »