Investigating the Effect of Tall Buildings on Tehran City Landscape

In this study we investigated the factors affect the role of tall buildings on landscape of Tehran city in Iran. We studied the role of tall buildings in term of semantic, aesthetics, and visual impact. To do so, we selected northern urban views of Tehran. A population was consisted of all families living in northern parts of Tehran. Of this, a sample of 168 subjects was selected using Cochran formula. Data collection tool was a 5-point Likert type questionnaire. Collected data from participants were analyzed in SPSS software. According to the results, tall buildings of urban landscape of Tehran have a moderate status. From the perspective of people, the strongest effects of such buildings are respectively related to four factors of meaning, scale, view and identity. Keywords: Tall Building, Urban Landscape, Semantic, Visual Impact, Meaning, Tehran.