{"product_id":"9781350411425","title":"Mohsen Foroughi Iranian Modernism and the Architect as Government Agent","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eMohsen Foroughi\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eIranian Modernism and the Architect as Government Agent\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePeyman Akhgar | Tom Avermaete | Janina Gosseye\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eArchitecture \/ History \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eMohsen Foroughi (1907-1983) was one of the most important and influential Iranian architects of the modern era. Standing at the intersection between modernism, tradition, and the Beaux-Arts, Foroughi's work traces the major cultural developments of twentieth-century Iran and the Middle East – from the development of a new Iranian nationalism in the 1930s, to the emergence of a high modernist aesthetic of the mid-twentieth century, and finally to a more locally-expressive and formalist approach in the 1960s and 70s. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished as part of the \u003ci\u003eBloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture \u003c\/i\u003eseries, which brings to light the work of significant yet overlooked modernist architects, this book reveals Foroughi's vital roles as a designer, educator, and politician in Iran's program of modernisation, and explores a selection of case-study buildings including Foroughi's branches for the Iranian National Bank, the \u003ci\u003eSa'di\u003c\/i\u003e Mausoleum, his Senate House of Iran, and the \u003ci\u003eMaison de l'Iran\u003c\/i\u003e in Paris.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the first English-language study of the career of an Iranian modernist architect, offering new and unique insights into the expansion of twentieth-century modern architecture into non-Euro-American global contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePeyman Akhgar\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in Architecture at Griffith University, Australia.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e03 September 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Visual Arts\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350411425\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e168\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18.88\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51333854625932,"sku":"9781350411425","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_a8e7d95b-8c68-4136-a56e-1e2076c180c0.jpg?v=1783617013","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350411425","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}