Overview
Persian cities are part of a corridor of civilisation with settlements straddling thousands of years. Taking Maibud as a case study, Eisa Esfanjary traces the evolution of ancient settlements chronologically, thematically and methodologically. Maibud provides the basis from which a new interpretive approach is developed, being a city that has a history of several millennia yet has a scale that renders it manageable with archaeological remains that range across several phases of building development. An archetypal example of middle-sized Persian cities, it affords insights into the entire urban landscape and its spatial, functional and morphological iterations. Within this overall picture, a methodology is developed to explore various morphological elements of the city, the three key components of which are the town plan, the building type, and construction materials. The inter-relationships between these three components are explained in order to formulate an approach to support the management and conservation of the historic urban landscape. Combining a rigorous survey and observation of the standing structures with scarce archaeological and written sources, this book sheds light on Islamic urbanism in general and Islamic urbanism in Iran particularly.
Full Product Details
Author: Eisa Esfanjary
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 9781474412780
ISBN 10: 1474412785
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 31 October 2017
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
""This is an ambitious and pioneering study of the evolution of an Iranian desert city over the millennia, enlivened by a deep understanding of its social context, the changing structural imperatives at work and the adaptability of brick as a building material."" -- Robert Hillenbrand, University of Edinburgh""This is the first work on Iranian cities that combines both a long run account of development and a micro level of analysis."" -- Richard Rodger, University of Edinburgh
"""This is an ambitious and pioneering study of the evolution of an Iranian desert city over the millennia, enlivened by a deep understanding of its social context, the changing structural imperatives at work and the adaptability of brick as a building material."" -- Robert Hillenbrand, University of Edinburgh""This is the first work on Iranian cities that combines both a long run account of development and a micro level of analysis."" -- Richard Rodger, University of Edinburgh"
This is an ambitious and pioneering study of the evolution of an Iranian desert city over the millennia, enlivened by a deep understanding of its social context, the changing structural imperatives at work and the adaptability of brick as a building material. -- Robert Hillenbrand, University of Edinburgh This is the first work on Iranian cities that combines both a long run account of development and a micro level of analysis. -- Richard Rodger, University of Edinburgh
Author Information
Eisa Esfanjary is currently an Assistant Professor of Architectural and Urban Conservation at the Art University of Isfahan.
