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Damavand College
Damavand College (in Persian: مدرسه عالی دماوند Madreseh-ye Ālī-ye Damāvand; later, دانشکده دماوند Dāneshkadeh-ye Damāvand) was a private institution of higher learning for women and in 1974 it became a public college, offering a four-year interculturalprogram in the liberal arts from 1968 to 1979 with the supervision of the Ministry of Higher Education of Iran in Tehran. It was a Missionary American institute and the first class was consisting of 62 seniors graduated in 1972 while in 1978 it was increased to 162 graduates.
In 1977-78, the college had over 800 Iranian and international students. According to Dr. Forough Jahanbakhsh, a graduate of 1980, it was one of the last educational centers that closed down preceding the Feb. 1979 Islamic Iranian Revolution. She thinks, it was after the Cultural Revolution that Damavand was amalgamated into what is now Allameh Tabatabai University. The collection of the books are now available at Central Library and the Documentation Center of Allameh Tabatabai University.[1] All classes were taught in English from the Freshman year on, except those on Iranian culture.[2]
http://www.caoi.ir/en/projects/item/78-damavand-college.html
Name: Damavand College
Location: Tehran , Iran
Architecture Firm: Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation [→]
Architects: William Wesley Peters in collaboration with Nezam Ameri, Kamal Kamooneh, Hormozdyar Khosravi
Date: 1974 -1975
Type: Educational
Until 1974-75, The College was located in the center of Tehran at 13 Kucheh Diba, Char Rah sayed Ali, below the intersection of Manouchehri and Saadi Avenues. During the academic year of 1975-76 the college moved to its new campus, East of Niavaran, Lashgark road. The total campus plan drawn by the Frank Lloyd Wright Associated Architects, William Wesley Peters with its typical rich blending of the building materials and the design blending with the local physical environment. Associated Architecture called for the addition of a student center; gymnasium, athletic fields and residence halls. Peters also designed the Pearl Palace in Iran, and the Kaden Tower in Louisville, Ky. It is noticeable to know that the main building of Marin County Civic Center, just North of San Francisco, was also designed by William Wesley Peters. It very much resembles Damavand College with its distinctive blue tiled roof.
Since 1988 the building is the location of the administrative office of Payame Noor University.
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