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FLW Foundation in Karaj

      
Commissioned by Princess Shams Pahlavi, the Morvarid Palace was a private residence for her and her husband Mehrdad Pahlbod, then Minister of Art & Culture, in Mehrshahr, Karaj. Currently it is a Basiji recreational base or dormitory or something like this.

Iran Pavilion—Expo 67

   

Nader Khalili, 1936-2008

Nader Khalili was a California based humanitarian architect best known for his development of the Geltaftan Earth-and-Fire System known as Ceramic Houses and the Earthbag Construction technique called Super Adobe. In 1991 he founded the California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture (Cal-Earth) and was a U.N. consultant for Earth Architecture. Khalili published numerous books [...]