In razing its modernist buildings, Iran is erasing its past Western influence

The Conversation (Global Pilot):1-7 (2017)
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The iconic building was designed by American architects–Benjamin Brown and Spero Daltas–who set up shop in Tehran in 1957 during the rule of King Mohammad Reza Shah (1941-1979). The Shah had made it his mission to construct in Iran a “great civilisation”. To do so, Tehran had to become a modern globalised city, with vast avenues and planned design.

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Public Squares and Their Potential for Social Interactions: A Case Study of Historical Public Squares in Tehran.Asma Mehan - 2016 - International Journal of Social, Behavioral, Educational, Economic, Business and Industrial Engineering 10 (2):544-549.

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