Investigating the Role of Women Architects in Contemporary Iranian Architecture (1320-1977)

Women's professional activity in Iran before the Qajar era was not traditional, but by the middle of the Qajar period women were given the opportunity to participate in society. . Since the presence of women architects in contemporary Iranian architecture is often overlooked, the purpose of this study is to introduce women architects in Pahlavi era and to study their influence in architectural fields. The main question of the research is what architectural areas were performed by women architects during Pahlavi era and how they influenced them. It is assumed that women's work in the professional field has had a greater impact. For this purpose, the paper is a qualitative one, the method of historical-interpretive research and oral history, and the method of data collection, documentation and library, and interviews with architecture pioneers. . In this regard, the performance of women architects, independent variable and the amount of activity and their achievements in the field of architecture are dependent variable. The results indicate that while studying at university and working in the offices of architecture and construction development in the country, there is a reason that women architects can work in the professional field more than academically, but they are still influential in the academic field. The professional field was impressive.