architecture ideas

ancient

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakhchal


overview

http://www.archinomy.com/case-studies/682/traditional-house-in-yazd-city-iran

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/10/world/middleeast/restoring-irans-majestic-homes-in-a-high-rise-era.html

sociological

http://www.oikodomos.org/workspaces/app/webroot/files/deliveries/skahayyat13135_150_ProcessofHousingTransformationinIran.pdf

http://www.mukogawa-u.ac.jp/~iasu2012/pdf/iaSU2012_Proceedings_204.pdf

http://web.usm.my/jcdc/vol14_1_2009/5_Mahta%20(p.69-80).pdf

http://www.academia.edu/11858960/Overview_of_design_concepts_of_traditional_Iranian_architecture_and_its_reflections_in_Iranian_contemporary_architecture

the social relationship of contemporary residents in Iranian housing - http://pkukmweb.ukm.my/e-bangi/papers/2012/mohsen012.pdf


beauty and human elements

Architectural Space Affordance of Iranian Traditional Houses in Response to Levels of Physical and Spiritual Human Needs ^☆: (Case studies: Boroujerdiha house in Kashan and Zinatolmolk house in Shiraz) - 

http://ac.els-cdn.com/S1877042815048338/1-s2.0-S1877042815048338-main.pdf?_tid=7b4c33ca-bec1-11e5-b9c6-00000aacb35e&acdnat=1453217571_e563f9bbe704cf8aa3026c6d8ab06526

APPLICATION OF DECORATIVE ARTS IN IRANIAN TRADITIONAL HOUSES *Zahra Tamjidi1 and Alireza Bozorgvar2 - http://www.cibtech.org/sp.ed/jls/2015/01/47-JLS-S1-59-%20(21).pdf

functional and energy efficiency

Traditional rural house an example of energy efficient building in Fars province of Iran Khosro Movahed1,* , Kaveh Fattahi2  - http://www.silascience.com/articles/28102013102744.pdf

Daylight Design Strategies: A Lesson from Iranian Traditional Houses  -http://www.mcser.org/journal/index.php/mjss/article/viewFile/1050/1080

Energy Efficient Architectural Design Strategies in Hot‐Dry Area of Iran: Kashan Kamyar Tolou Behbood1 , Mohammad Taleghani2 and Shahin Heidari3 - https://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.nibs.org/resource/resmgr/BEST/BEST2_051_WB13-2.pdf

https://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/how-iranian-architects-invented-ways-stay-cool

http://www.hedon.info/docs/EWB_HABITAT_Faranak_Zaimi_The_way_of_saving_energy_in_the_traditional_houses_of_Iran.pdf

THERMAL COMFORT ANALYSIS OF A TRADITIONAL IRANIAN COURTYARD FOR THE DESIGN OF SUSTAINABLE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS  - http://www.ibpsa.org/proceedings/BS2013/p_2377.pdf

http://www.amusingplanet.com/2015/02/the-wind-catchers-of-iran.html

general pics

http://www.irangazette.com/en/gallery.html

http://uncorneredmarket.com/photos/tag/persian-design/page1/
http://uncorneredmarket.com/photos/tag/persianarchitecture/page1/
http://uncorneredmarket.com/photos/tag/traditional-house/page1/
http://www.iranvisitor.com/iran-culture/persian-decor
https://www.pinterest.com/parisarazavii/iran-traditional/
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g680023-d3368054-Reviews-Manouchehri_House-Kashan_Isfahan_Province.html


random finds

http://dornob.com/cave-homes-for-sale-700-year-old-carved-rocks-of-iran/