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(Dec 04, 02) The Unknown Treasury Near Tehran Morvarid Palace formerly belonging to Shams, the ex-Shah's sister, constructed by Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation is one of Iran's most prominent contemporary architectural monuments.
In view of its similarity to two other monuments constructed by Frank Llyod Wright in the United States, a Roman Orthodox Church in Wisconsin and an administrative center in California known as Marin County Civil Center, it has occurred to some foreign engineers and architects that Morvarid Palace in Iran might be one of the monuments constructed by the American architect during his lifetime.
One of the most active Iranian engineering consulting companies, having the honor of representing Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation across the Middle East, in view of the company's main figure having the honor of being Wright's student, and who was the architect and contractor of major projects on hospitals, universities, libraries and residential complexes in Tehran and other cities across the country, closely cooperated with the foundation's engineers and decorators in the process of the construction of Morvarid Palace project.
The interesting point about Frank Lloyd Wright's monuments is that two other structures similar to Morvarid Palace exist in the US, which have been designed during the last years of his life and completed after his demise.
Both monuments were designed and erected by prominent Iranian and American engineers from Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, who are unfortunately unknown in Iran.