Background
Ardalan, Nader was born on March 9, 1939 in Tehran, Iran. Son of Abbas Gholi and Faranguis Davar Ardalan.
(Despite its extraordinary richness, Islamic architecture ...)
Despite its extraordinary richness, Islamic architecture has rarely been studied for its conceptual and symbolic significance. In the Sense of Unity, a handsomely illustrated volume and the first extended work of its kind, Nader Ardalan and Laleh Bakhtiar examine the architecture of Persia as a manifestation of Islamic tradition and demonstrate the synthesis of traditional Persian thought and form. The most fundamental principle of Sufism, the inner, esoteric dimension of Islam, is that of unity in multiplicity. This view sees in every aspect of reality a reflection of a transcendent source which is given symbolic expression through all of man's activities, most directly and importantly through his works of art. The authors of The Sense of Unity show how all the elements of the Islamic architecture of Persiafrom the simplest architectural unit to a complex urban environmentare woven around this central doctrine and thus are best understood as multiple manifestations of unity. The Sense of Unity is illustrated with photographs, drawing, charts, and tables which are an integral part of its argument and which exemplify, in abundant and striking detail, the principles discussed in the text. Presenting to the Western reader for the first time the insights of the Iranian cultural tradition, the book also offers a stimulating new way of thinking about man and his relationship to his milieu.
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Ardalan, Nader was born on March 9, 1939 in Tehran, Iran. Son of Abbas Gholi and Faranguis Davar Ardalan.
Student, Carnegie-Mellon University. Student, Harvard University.
Designer Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1962-1964. Chief architect National Iranian Oil Corporation, 1964-1966. Design partner Aziz Farmanfarmaian & Associates, 1966-1972.
Managing director Mandala Collaborative, Tehran and Boston, 1972-1979. Professor of design Faculty Fine Arts Tehran University, 1972-1979. President Nader Ardalan Associates, 1979-1992.
Principal Jung/Brannen Associates Inc., Boston, since 1983, managing principal Abu Dhabi, 1992. Senior vice president KEO International Consultant, 1994—2006. President Ardalan Associates LLC, Newton, Massachusetts, since 2006.
Visiting professor Harvard University Graduate School Design, 1977-1978, 81-83, Yale University, 1977, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980. Member Aga Khan Award Steering Committee, 1976-1980, King Fahd Award, 1987. Research fellow Harvard University Center Middle Eastern Studies, since 2006.
(Despite its extraordinary richness, Islamic architecture ...)
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Married Laleh Bakhtiar, 1962 (divorced 1976). 3 children; Married Shahla Ganji, 1977.