Memar 55

Memar 55

June-July 2009·4 articles

Table of Contents

Diplomatic Spaces

Kamran Afshar Naderi·pp. 4

Books & Magazine

Hanieh Mansouri·pp. 13

Works of Early 20th Century French Architects in Iran, Exhibition, Architecture of Changing Times in Iran

pp. 16

International Day for Historical Buildings and Sites

pp. 20

Memorial, and the Third Mirmiran Architectural Award

pp. 20

Honoring Ceremony for Abolhassan Khan-e Sedighi

pp. 21

Letters

pp. 22

Sending the Wrong Message to the Rest of the World

Robert Campbell; translated by Azita Izadi·pp. 24

Embassy Architecture: "Good Intentions" or "Security"?

Polsheer Consulting Engineers·pp. 26

Design

Daniel Pink; translated by Reza Amirrahimi·pp. 29

Kamar-Zarrin Cultural and Commercial Complex Competition, Esfahan

pp. 34

Timber Architecture: From Gilan to Alsace

Poya Miryousefi·pp. 40

Bjarke Ingels, Jury Member, Memar Award 2009

Sanam Kalantari, Masoud Nazari·pp. 47

Iranian Embassies in Foreign Countries

Faryar Javaherian·pp. 56

British Residence, Tehran

Faramarz Parsi·pp. 64

French Embassy, Tehran

Babak Zirak·pp. 74

Italian Residence, Tehran

Babak Zirak·pp. 82

British Consulate, Esfahan, Qajar Era

Amin Nateghi, Polsheer Consulting Engineers·pp. 88

British Consulate, Bushehr

Behrooz Marbaghi, Arg-Bam Kerman Engineers·pp. 97

Dutch Embassy, Maputo, Mozambique, Claus en Kaan Architecten

Azita Izadi·pp. 102

Multiple Embassy, Tanzania, The Manser Practice

pp. 105

Finnish Embassy, Stockholm, Gullichsen Vormala Architects

pp. 109

Dutch Embassy, Berlin, Germany, OMA

pp. 112

Dutch Embassy, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Dijk Van Gameren, Bjarne Masten Broek

pp. 120

Dutch Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand, Henket & Partners Architecten

pp. 122

Short News

Masoud Nazari·pp. 124

Quai Branly Museum, Paris

Sara Kalantari, Reza Sayadian·pp. 127

Office Design and Ergonomy

Masoud Moradi·pp. 131