{"product_id":"9781350411425-mohsen-foroughi","title":"Mohsen Foroughi","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIranian Modernism and the Architect as Government Agent\u003cbr\u003eThe first in-depth study in the English language of an Iranian modernist architect, examining the work of Mohsen Foroughi (1907-1983), architect, educator, and politician.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMohsen Foroughi (1907-1983) was one of the most important and influential Iranian architects of the modern era. Standing at the intersection between modernism, tradition, and the Beaux-Arts, Foroughi’s work traces the major cultural developments of twentieth-century Iran and the Middle East – from the development of a new Iranian nationalism in the 1930s, to the emergence of a high modernist aesthetic of the mid-twentieth century, and finally to a more locally-expressive and formalist approach in the 1960s and 70s. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished as part of the \u003ci\u003eBloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture \u003c\/i\u003eseries, which brings to light the work of significant yet overlooked modernist architects, this book reveals Foroughi’s vital roles as a designer, educator, and politician in Iran’s program of modernisation, and explores a selection of case-study buildings including Foroughi’s branches for the Iranian National Bank, the \u003ci\u003eSa’di\u003c\/i\u003e Mausoleum, his Senate House of Iran, and the \u003ci\u003eMaison de l’Iran\u003c\/i\u003e in Paris.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the first English-language study of the career of an Iranian modernist architect, offering new and unique insights into the expansion of twentieth-century modern architecture into non-Euro-American global contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58606047658358,"sku":"9781350411425","price":89.05,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_43382215_a0ed1233-33db-4516-a573-b7063310f88b.jpg?v=1788979642","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781350411425-mohsen-foroughi","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}