Taliesin Associated Architects projects in Iran : architectural drawings and records, 1968-1980

Sub-series 1: Drawings

This sub-series contains working and presentation drawings for the Pearl Palace which were created from 1966 till 1972. The series contain more than 1,000 drawings. Many of the final drawings were water damaged during their shipment back to the U.S. The collection includes many copies and working drawings with mark-ups and annotations.

Drawings are divided into the following sub-groups: Architectural; Interior and Furnishing; Site Development and Landscape; Structural / Mechanical / Electrical and Graphic; and Other.

Board Mounted renderings of exterior and interior views and elevations

6 items including encapsulated color pencil renderings of roof plan, floor plans and perspectives illustrating two design alternatives for spatial configurations

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50+ items including copies of plans, sections and elevations, drawings for spatial configurations

19 items including the study sketches of perspective of the palace building

37 items including encapsulated color pencil renderings including Plans, Elevations, Sections and Perspective plus ten mylar sheets containing construction details and specifications

8 items including encapsulated color pencil renderings of floor plans, elevations and perspectives

8 item including plan, section, elevations and structural drawings created by Zivar (an Iranian firm)

7 items including site plan, plan and plan of trellis

6 items including technical drawings and a site-plan rendering

4 items Designed by Nezam Amery including primary sketches and final renderings; 2 perspective views of the villa designed for Shams Pahlavi on the land later became part of Pearl Palace compound

Architectural drawing for the first villa on the compound of Pearl Palace prior to the intervention by TAA. The villa is designed by the office of Nezam Amery (Nezam Amery, Kamooneh and Khosravi Architects) and was built on the land later became part of Pearl Palace compound.

10 items including construction details, sections and elevations

15 Items including architectural designs and sketches

10 Items including original architecture and structural drawings on mylar

31 items created by various creators including Ross and Associate Architects/TAA/IBG (Ickes Braun Glasshouses); items include architectural drawings and construction details

19 items including encapsulated color pencil renderings of plans of various interior spaces

8 items including encapsulated color pencil renderings of sections of various interior spaces

20 items: Encapsulated color pencil renderings of interior views

20 items: Encapsulated color pencil renderings of interior views

20 items: Encapsulated color pencil renderings of interior views

13 items: Encapsulated color pencil renderings of interior views

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refer to the supplementary list for the full titles of drawings in this folder

53 items including copies and sketches for the designs of furniture, wall coverings, tables, patterns, mosaics, developed elevations and murals

44 items including pencil drawings on trace paper for the design of beds and bedspreads, tables, furniture and cabinet work

17 items including the original pencil drawings on trace paper for chandeliers crystals and light fixtures

25 items including pencil drawings on trace papers of lavatory basin, door knobs, cover plates for switches, door and entrances, fascia details, metal fences, wall panels, carpet and applique patterns

52 items including original variations of design for furniture and tables; technical drawings and free hand perspectives; ink on trance paper, probably designed and drawn by Tom Casey

60+ items including detailed plans and sections, cabinet works clippings, etc.

42 items including construction details for domes, interior single and double door created by IBG and Adreani

28 items including working drawings for bathrooms and banquet Hall

29 items including rug patterns/ interior designs for sitting room, family dining room, pool, lounge and bird perch

28 items including working drawings and details of garden guest room and recreation area/entrance hall, study, office and Pahlbod's bedroom

33 items including reception hall/shahrazad room/ sitting room/ guest wing/bar/banquet room

13 items including interior perspectives, elevations, color scheme and mural designs

32 items including single and double doors/ bronze decoration of the entrance double doors/free standing screens/ railings and their supports/small domes/ entrance closing/etc.

22 items including auditorium lighting schema in plan and section, auditorium seating plan

6 items including encapsulated original drawings: renderings of a plan for a conservatory and two perspectives

31 items including copies and working drawings with annotations and designs also include a panoramic image of the site

27 items including topography plans, Interior and exterior landscape, landscape lighting and plumbing plans

14 items including duplicates of landscape plans

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10 items the same as mechanical drawings in Folder 36

1 item Photo Stat Negative

Including copies of the items in the Folder 29

8 items, Color pencil drawings showing alternative designs; board mounted

4 items, Color pencil drawings showing designs for guards, servants, drivers and gardeners

Sub-series 2: Records

Other than contracts, financial estimates, costs and fee and statements, the Records sub-series includes mainly correspondences between architects, owner (the Cabinet of Shams Pahlavi), clerk of works (Tom Casey), associate architect (Nezam Amery), contractors, consultants and suppliers. A few photos, some hand-drawn furniture designs and Christmas card designs are also documented in the records. Two construction logbooks included in the collection recorded the day-by-day activities on the construction site from 1969 to 1973. Last part of the records is the documentation of the litigation process after 1979 when the royal family fled to the United States without settling their accounts with TAA. The lawsuit involves the accounts for both Pearl Palace and the Mehrafarin Villa. The content of each folder in this series is ordered chronologically.

Copy of index of headings, File Index, Codes and two copies of the Index of Supplementary Drawings

Contracts are signed by William Wesley Peters and Ali Naghi Ansary

Copy of the Contracts are signed by William Wesley Peters and Ali Naghi Ansary

Including handwritten minutes of the meeting and design ideas

Farsi and English

Correspondence with prospective contractors, Initial estimates and bids, Rejection letters from contractors

Correspondences between Nezam Amery and TAA, mostly with William Wesley Peters

Correspondences between Nezam Amery and TAA, mostly with William Wesley Peters

Correspondences between TAA Architects including Wesley Peters, Edmond Thomas Casey, John Hill, Bernard Dubrill, Stephen Nemtin, Schultz

Correspondences between TAA Architects including Wesley Peters, Edmond Thomas Casey, John Hill, Bernard Dubrill, Stephen Nemtin, Schultz

Correspondences between TAA Architects including Wesley Peters, Edmod Thomas Casey, John Hill, Bernard Dubrill, Stephen Nemtin, Schultz

Correspondences regarding Mechanical systems and equipment of the palace. Including E.R Ronald and Associates Consulting Engineers, Sholleh Talai Co.Ltd. and Behsaznow Construction Company Ltd.

Correspondences regarding Mechanical systems and equipment of the palace. Including E.R Ronald and Associates Consulting Engineers, Ameresco Inc.M.Ifker, Billman regular ab

Correspondences regarding electrical works and fixtures. Catalogues and pamphlets.

Correspondences regarding Fountains' design, equipment and lightings

Review of the structural design

Including letters to and from Vern O. Knudsen

Sound and Audio systems including correspondence with George Thomas Associates, Bose and Western Contract international

Includes Cabinet of Shams Pahlavi's invitation to the TAA and the order of Model

Copy of the original in 1.8.7 but limited to the reports up to Dec. 71

Original reports

A binder containing structural calculations

Daily activity on construction site

Daily activity on construction site

Correspondences/ Development reports and schedule/ Payment requests

Payment requests

Log of observations of performance of air-inflated covers

Correspondences with Ickes-Braun Glasshouses, the contractor for the dome

Material sample

Including Decor-Cem and The Thoro System: Standard Dry Wall Products, Inc.

Sprayfoam Southwest company for roof restoration

Thermal insulation and foam spraying

List of equipment, estimation, buyout and invoices for the kitchen

Program and estimations

Crystal works specifically for chandeliers

Marco Tullio Monticelli Studio mosaici artistici

Musetti Raffo Marble Granite Travertine Slate

Includes the order for the model and the order for the model's photos, some B/W photos and some color slides

Includes some samples Gold Bullion Embroidery Scallop

Includes some samples for rooms

additional/ Includes list of rooms with their furniture and prices

additional/ Includes some material samples attached to letters.

includes linen samples

Costs and preparation of Shams Pahlavi resident in California

Correspondences, design process and samples of final products

Interior and exterior of the palace, probably after 1973 in addition to some postal cards including one portraying Royal Family

Coultrap photos of the damages incurred to the building and their negatives

Includes images of the mechanical plant building; Includes several brochures from Crane (supply Company) in which the selected fixtures and materials are indicated

Includes Court briefs and attorney correspondences

Casey's memo and the list of Peter's visits to Iran; includes copies of several contracts

Copy of documents needed for exhibits/ a copy of these materials listed in 1.13.6

Sub-series 3: Photographs

Framed Aerial photo of the palace under construction

Framed Aerial photo of the palace under construction

See also Box 3: Folder 20 for additional photographs of the model.