![General Perspective [ Vol. I of the Traditional Doors] (A Look At The Traditional Doors With Goul-Meikhs Book 1)](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51asT3B1UeL.jpg)
ASIN: B00CKMUGKU
Publisher: Dr. Hossein Manoochehri, Ph.D.
Pages: 82
The traditional doors are the wooden doors of heritage houses in the indigenous structure of historic cities of Iran. These doors have two knockers, one for women in the shape of a solid, iron ring, and the second for men in the shape of an iron bar ( about 10 to 15 centimeters). There are also many big-headed, iron studs that connect the wood bars together. Traditional doors are chosen for the title of this work as an entrance to the subject of the traditional (or the clay or the indigenous) architecture in Iran, which is about to extinct because of a rapid modernization process in Iran since the mid-20th century. The traditional ( or the indigenous or the clay) architecture of Iran has a long history and may be traced back to the Sumerians era in about 5000 B.C. In this volume, the main features of the traditional architecture of Iran are introduced to give a general perspective ...
