Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Western architecture banned in Iran !

City council of Tehran has banned the western architecture for controling more the architecture and urbannism of the capital. According to the vice chancellor of mayor of Tehran the use of western architecture for elevations of the new buildings is banned. This is not the first time that an organization in Iran is trying to do something similar in the past 10 years while for more than hundred years there had been an exchange of styles between West, East and Iran which has helped in the creation of many outstandings buildings all over the world.


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