Memar 36

Memar 36

April-May 2006·4 articles

Table of Contents

Book Reviews

pp. 6

Criticism of Iranian Contemporary Architecture, Cultural Council of Iranian Architects Society

سیدحمید نورکیهانی·pp. 12

Order and Chaos

Soheila Beski·pp. 20

Erratic Development

Mehdi Alizadeh·pp. 28

Iran's Unaccomplished Modernization in Architecture

Ali Akbar Saremi·pp. 31

Can Postmodernism Be a Cure for the Lack of Identity?

Negar Hakim·pp. 37

An Interview with Akbar Taghizadeh

pp. 45

Bernard Khoury, Jury Member of the Me'mar Award 2006

translated by Abbas Mokhber·pp. 50

Dream House

Noushin Ghiyasi·pp. 64

Naeen Guesthouse

Keyvan Khosravani·pp. 70

Atashuni Guesthouse in Desert

Soheila Beski·pp. 73

Bari Holiday Resort, Oroomieh, Gozineh Consulting Engineers

pp. 76

Mahtab Complex, Qom, Espadana Consulting Engineers

pp. 80

Ground Slab of Anjadan Village, Arak, Nagshinsaz Consulting Engineers

pp. 84

2005 ASLA Professional Awards

translated by Babak Mostofi Sadri·pp. 92

A House for Children, Pets and Plants, DBEW, Winner 2005

Babak Taghikhani·pp. 94

Ashin, Beautiful Environment and Historical

Faramarz Parsi·pp. 96

Zenowghan Village

Nader Asemifakher, Zohreh Bozorgnia·pp. 100

City of Kinshasa

Filip De Boeck, translated by Abbas Mokhber·pp. 116

Mapping (in Caracas)

Keisuke Fukuma with the Shuhei Endo Research Institute, translated by Abbas Mokhber·pp. 119

Guidelines of the Programme for Transformation of the Public Spaces of Cape Town

Barbara Southworth, translated by Abbas Mokhber·pp. 124

Identity of Iran Contemporary Architecture

Hamidreza Shayan·pp. 132

Modern Design, Native Culture

Amir Mohammad Khamesipour·pp. 137

Art and Life Center

Saman Sayyar·pp. 138

Tehran New Art Museum

Reza Najafian·pp. 140