Theorist
Nader Ardalan
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Details
- Nationality
- Iranian-American
Notes
Carnegie Mellon; Harvard GSD M.Arch.
Connections
- proposed Tawhīd as Architectural Principle
- associated with Sufi-Persian Architecture
- collaborated with Laleh Bakhtiar
- authored The Sense of Unity: The Sufi Tradition in Persian Architecture
Sources
- Ardalan, Nader and Laleh Bakhtiar. The Sense of Unity: The Sufi Tradition in Persian Architecture. University of Chicago Press, 1973.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Nader Ardalan." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/nader-ardalan/. Accessed July 17, 2026.