Historical Buildings of Iran: Their Architecture and Structure

The FIRST-ever structural and architectural account of historical buildings in Iran. Featuring a chronological description of architectural styles, information on traditional construction materials, as well as an analysis of numerous structures, this interest and informative text will be of importance to anyone with a technical interest in structural history. Presents a general overview of the structural and architectural characteristics of Iranian historical structures. It is the first book in this field that investigates historical buildings of Iran through a structural engineering approach. The book includes a chronological description of architectural styles from the beginning to the present. The book also contains chapters on traditional construction materials, arches, vaults, domes, minarets and water-works. Special parts of the book deal with structural analysis of historical domes, minarets and a wooden structure followed by maintenance comments. The last part of the book proposes several historical structures as research topics for future work.