Pearl Palace

Pearl Palace
Pearl Palace
Kakh-e ُShams (Persian: كاخ شمس)
Former names	Kakh-e ُMorvarid (Persian: كاخ مروارید)
Alternative names	Kakh-e Shams; كاخ شمس,; Shams Palace,; Morvarid Palace
General information
Type	Estate
Architectural style	Modernist
Town or city	Mehrshahr, Karaj, Alborz Province
Country	Iran
Completed	Approximately 1972
Renovated	November 2020
Cost	$3.5 million
Client	Princess Shams Pahlavi; Mehrdad Pahlbod
Owner	Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism
Technical details
Floor area	16,145 sq ft (1,499.9 m2)
Grounds	420 acres (170 ha) at the time of conception
Design and construction
Architecture firm	Taliesin Associated Architects; William Wesley Peters, ; Amery-Kamooneh-Khosravi Consulting Architects of Tehran
Structural engineer	Thomas Casey
Other designers	Stephen M. Nemtin; Frances Nemtin; Cornelia Brierly,; John deKoven Hill

Pearl Palace (Persian: کاخ مروارید; Romanized: kakh-e Morvarid / Kāx-e Morvārid ), also known as Shams Palace^[4] (Persian: کاخ شمس; Romanized: kakh-e Shams / Kāx-e Šams) is an estate in Iran, designed by Taliesin Associated Architects (Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation)^[3] on instructions from princess Shams Pahlavi, elder sister of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran. It was built in the early 1970s and is located in the Mehrshahr neighborhood, in Karaj City, Iran.^[when?]^[5]

^ ^a ^b Kasraie, Nima (June 4, 2004). "Spiraling into Oblivion, A film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick". The Iranian. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
^ Cite error: The named reference Sarimi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b "The Pearl Palace (Morvarid palace)". Contemporary Architecture of Iran. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
^ YJC, خبرگزاری باشگاه خبرنگاران | آخرین اخبار ایران و جهان | (2022-02-11). "کاخ مروارید؛ رازهایی که در دل یک صدف پنهان است". fa (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-04-09.
^ Arani, M. Masjini (2018-02-22). "مروارید مهجور کرج". press.jamejamonline.ir. Archived from the original on 2018-02-22. Retrieved 2021-04-07.

[Iranian-1] Kasraie, Nima (June 4, 2004). "Spiraling into Oblivion, A film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick". The Iranian. Retrieved 2016-11-17.

[Sarimi-2] Cite error: The named reference Sarimi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[:1-3] "The Pearl Palace (Morvarid palace)". Contemporary Architecture of Iran. Retrieved 2021-04-07.

[4] YJC, خبرگزاری باشگاه خبرنگاران | آخرین اخبار ایران و جهان | (2022-02-11). "کاخ مروارید؛ رازهایی که در دل یک صدف پنهان است". fa (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-04-09.

[5] Arani, M. Masjini (2018-02-22). "مروارید مهجور کرج". press.jamejamonline.ir. Archived from the original on 2018-02-22. Retrieved 2021-04-07.

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