Modern middle-class housing in Tehran : reproduction of an archetype / Rana Habibi
"In Modern Middle-Class Housing in Tehran - Reproduction of an Archetype, Rana Habibi offers an engaging analysis of the modern urban history of Tehran during the Cold War period: 1945-1979. The book, while arguing about the institutionalism of modernity in the form of modern middle-class housi...
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| Superior document: | Iran studies volume 21 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021] |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Iran studies
volume 21 |
| Physical Description: | XV, 214 Seiten; Illustrationen, Karten |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
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| Summary: | "In Modern Middle-Class Housing in Tehran - Reproduction of an Archetype, Rana Habibi offers an engaging analysis of the modern urban history of Tehran during the Cold War period: 1945-1979. The book, while arguing about the institutionalism of modernity in the form of modern middle-class housing in Tehran, shows how vernacular archetypes found their way into the construction of new neighborhoods. The trajectory of ideal modernism towards popular modernism, the introduction of modern taste to traditional society through architects, while tracing the path of transnational models in local projects, are all subjects extensively expounded by Rana Habibi through engaging graphical analyses and appealing theoretical interpretations involving five modern Tehran neighborhoods"-- |
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| ISBN: | 9789004443686 9789004443709 |
| ac_no: | AC16517465 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Rana Habibi |