TY - GEN A1 - Nazari, Soheil ED - Mascarenhas-Mateus, João ED - Paula Pires, Ana T1 - The practical geometry of Persian ribbed vaults: A study of the rehabilitation of the Kolahduzan Dome in the Tabriz historic bazaar T2 - History of construction cultures : proceedings of the 7th International Congress on Construction History (7ICCH 2021), July 12-16, 2021, Lisbon, Portugal. Volume 2 Y1 - 2021 SN - 978-1-00-317343-4 SN - 978-1-032-00203-3 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003173434-169 SP - 439 EP - 446 PB - CRC Press CY - Boca Raton ER - TY - GEN A1 - Nazari, Soheil A1 - Mahmoudnejad, A. ED - Campbell, James ED - Baker, Nina ED - Driver, Michael ED - Heaton, Michael ED - Ruamsanitwong, Natcha ED - Wall, Christine ED - Yeomans, David T1 - Documentation and analysis of the free-handed vaulting technique at the Toor Caravanserai, Iran T2 - Timber and Construction: Proceedings of the Ninth Conference of the Construction History Society Y1 - 2022 UR - https://www.constructionhistory.co.uk/publications/books/ SN - 978-0-9928751-8-3 SP - 75 EP - 87 PB - The Construction History Society CY - Cambridge ER - TY - GEN A1 - Nazari, Soheil T1 - The Construction Technique of the Dome of Nizam al-Mulk in the Friday Mosque of Isfahan T2 - 8th Congress on Construction History ETH Zürich N2 - The Friday Mosque of Isfahan is one of the Iran’s most prominent monuments and one of the great masterpieces in the history of architecture, in particular of the construction of complex vaults. The mosque is built around a central courtyard crowned by several vaults and two dome chambers in the main axis of the complex. The southern domed chamber, known as the dome of Nizām al-Mulk the powerful Persian vizier (1018-1092), built under the rule of Malikshāh the Seljuq (1072-92) in front of the qibla wall. The building marks a significant point in the history of Iranian architecture. Spanning about 15m and reaching a height of 26.54m at the inner apex, it is the largest masonry dome constructed in the Islamic world until that time. As well as the addition of an iwan to the northern edge of the chamber, facing to the central yard, the concept of a dome and iwan would serve as a model for many mosque architecture during the Seljuqs until the end of the 12th century AD. While previous investigations of the building were primarily archaeological, this study focusses on the structure and construction of the dome. This includes the masonry arches of the hall, the transitional zone, and in particular the dome itself that shows a unique combination of ribs and shells. The investigations are carried out on the basis of a new survey. The geometric analyses enabled us to reconstruct the structure of the dome. Y1 - 2024 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3218/4166-8 SP - 796 EP - 803 ER -