The Evolution of Dome from Iranian Traditional Architecture to Contemporary Global Architecture

Iran has a long history of dome. The shortage of solid and pulled wood that is the main element of flat cover makes the cover of the dome common and it can substitute with flat cover particularly in larger openings. Nowadays, it is used in its contemporary way in many buildings. In this paper we define the morphology of the dome and its history, and its implementation in both traditional and modern style, and then the comparative examples were evaluated

کلیدواژه ها:

Dome ، roof cover ، traditional architecture