Memar 15

Winter 1380 (January 2002)·Contemporary Architecture·15 articles

1st Grand Memar Award 80 (2001)

The fifteenth issue of Memar documents the inaugural Grand Memar Award 80 (2001), organized by Memar Nashr Institute with the support of Behrizan Company. Features the editor-in-chief's speech on architecture and values, a comprehensive award report, Afshar Naderi's essay on progress in architecture, a full photo catalog of all 5 ranked winners and 22 shortlisted projects, profiles of Polsheer Workshop and Ahadi & Derow, the Sheikh Eshraq Memorial competition entries, Kamran Diba's essay on Farmanfarmaian's quarter-century career, Nader Ardalan's Pahlavi-era architecture survey, Bolles+Wilson's works, Maryam Kian on traditional Kashan studdwork, the 2001 Aga Khan Award, and a WTC collapse analysis.

Award Issue

Memar 15

Table of Contents

Architect, Society, Values

Grand Memar Award 80 Report

The Last Taboo: The Issue of Progress

1st Grand Memar Award 80 — Winners and Shortlisted Projects

Works of Polsheer Consulting Architects

Works of Tohid Ahadi and Bernard Derow

Sheikh Eshraq Memorial — 2nd Place

Sheikh Eshraq Memorial — 3rd Place

Farmanfarmaian: A Quarter Century

Architecture in Iran: The Pahlavi Era

Works of Bolles+Wilson

Art of Studdwork: Examples from Kashan

Iranian Space: Name or Essence?

Aga Khan Award for Architecture, 2001

The Effect of Air Pressure and Gravitational Force on the Collapse of the World Trade Center Towers