An Investigation of Global-Regional Interactional Approach at the Prominent Works of Contemporary Iranian Architects

Regionalism is an analytical and critical perspective which focuses on preserving special features of place andattempts to fill the vacuum in architecture. globalization is a complex multi-stage process that causes increasing complexity oftime and place, greater awareness across the global and acceleration of cross-cultural interactions. therefore, the present paperattempts to analyze global-regional interactional approach through investigating contemporary iranian architecture in relationshipwith the aforementioned phenomena and also tries to provide practical advice on establishing a constructive interaction. theresearch methodology is based on content analysis and case study.the results obtained from investigating striking cases of 4 eras of contemporary iranian architecture and presented as a table ofglobal-regional interaction components (physical, semantic and ecological) show that an interactional approach is becomingincreasingly popular and global-regional coexistence is being formed in contemporary iranian architecture, which associates withspirit of time and its regional components. a dynamic presence and playing a componential role by contemporary iranianarchitects in this interaction have some prerequisites: an understanding of contemporary pluralism, an understanding of the otherand establishing interaction, emphasis on the role of thought, creation and innovation, objective research, a good understandingof identity and place, past recall and identifying components of iranian architecture.