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 (Persian: کاخ شمس; Romanized: kakh-e Shams / Kāx-e Šams) is an estate in Iran, designed by Taliesin Associated Architects (Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation) 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.