Iranian architecture follows various formal patterns, mostly had been worked in artistic pieces then worked to architectural structures. Deeply looking at motifs in artistic works and architectural plans, streaks of cosmological beliefs can be traced. Nonagon division of squares, "Chaharbagh" or "Chaharsofeh" plans can be among important ones. It seems that these patterns have been primarily us...

This paper attempts to identify the thoughts and the infrastructure of the thinking of architects of Islamic-Iranian mosques to study the role of Qebla in the architecture of mosques in city of Ilam. Aim of the research is discovering the hidden aspects of Qebla and the importance of traditional architecture in attention to "the qebla direction" in design of Islamic-Iranian mosques. So it is a ...

Space as an essential and integral concept of architecture has always included different meanings and understandings, and this reduced its original meaning to general architectural features. In addition, because this concept was created in the modern period, architects’ general understanding of its indicators has unilaterally been led to the concepts such as void, freedom and movement. Therefor...

Mashhad is a city with many historical neighborhoods which were once home to some valuable houses. However, change of lifestyle, development plans, migration and economic changes modified a great part of the valuable urban fabric. The introduction and recognition of houses in Mashhad as a historical city is both essential and important aside from the positive or negative effects of these change...

Islamic ethics as the controlling system of behaviors has defined the rights of an individual and society and Fiqh (jurisprudence) explains behavioral patterns in accordance with Shari›a (law). Given that each space is shaped according to behavioral pattern of its residents, the mechanism of interpretation and implementation of Islamic Shari›a is reflected in architecture and urban planning pro...