photographer: phillip arnold of plus minus design, sydney, australia. licence: creative commons attribution. bank melli iran, university branch, enghelab street, tehran, iran, 1959-1962. architect: jørn utzon (1918-2008) with hans munk hansen (b.1923). my main text on the project here. a surprising detail adds to the depth of the reflective surface in the skylight, but important given the intensity of the sun in tehran. once again a square crop - and a big thank you to phillip arnold for sharing. more utzon here›
Bank Melli Iran (University of Tehran Branch)

Jørn Utzon

Interior · District 11, Iran · 1959

Photo: seier+seier · 2012-08-20 · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Original 1536×1536

photographer: phillip arnold of plus minus design, sydney, australia. licence: creative commons attribution. bank melli iran, university branch, enghelab street, tehran, iran, 1959-1962. architect: jørn utzon (1918-2008) with hans munk hansen (b.1923). my main text on the project here. a surprising detail adds to the depth of the reflective surface in the skylight, but important given the intensity of the sun in tehran. once again a square crop - and a big thank you to phillip arnold for sharing. more utzon here

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