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Senate Palace (Tehran), Tehran: exterior
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Senate Palace (Tehran), Tehran: exterior. Iranian senate building in 2019
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Senate Palace (Tehran), Tehran: seen in its setting
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Civic · Modernism

Senate Palace (Tehran)

byHeydar Ghiai, Mohsen ForoughiSee all 2 buildings →Tehran, Iran ↗

1954–59

Key featuresA freestanding marble-grid facade between two 25 m bronze columns shaped as linked chains, sculpted by André Bloc.

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Architect
Heydar Ghiai, Mohsen Foroughi
Place
Tehran, Iran
Year
1954–59
Typology
Civic
Movement
Modernism
Region
Middle East

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