{"id":724621,"date":"2026-04-29T16:45:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T13:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T16:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T13:45:17","slug":"irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Mirror Pavilion Turns a 400-Year-Old Craft Into the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a37a6f9dc184\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a37a6f9dc184\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/#SHARE\" >SHARE<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"single-box clearfix entry-content\" style=\"max-width:1050px;\">\n                        <input class=\"jpibfi\" type=\"hidden\"><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-622091\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/28\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Iran\u2019s Mirror Pavilion Turns a 400-Year-Old Craft Into the Future\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-07.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever been inside an Iranian shrine or palace, you already know the feeling. The moment you step into a space lined with mirror mosaic, you lose your sense of where the ceiling ends and the air begins. Fragments of light scatter in every direction, bouncing off thousands of hand-cut pieces of glass in a way that feels more like stepping into a living kaleidoscope than standing inside a building. That experience, rooted in a craft called Ayeneh-Kari, has shaped Persian architecture for centuries. Now, a studio called Ehsani Sharafeh Associates is doing something genuinely exciting: they\u2019re rebuilding that feeling from scratch, using algorithms.<\/p>\n<p>The Mirror Pavilion, located in Mashhad, Iran, sits inside a former industrial hall. That setup alone creates a tension worth paying attention to. The pavilion is a cubic structure inserted within the existing hypostyle framework, self-supporting and deliberately contrasting with its surroundings. From the base, the space feels restrained. But look up, and the whole thing shifts.<\/p>\n<p>Designer: Ehsani Sharafeh Associates<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-622092\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/28\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Iran\u2019s Mirror Pavilion Turns a 400-Year-Old Craft Into the Future\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-622092\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/28\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Iran\u2019s Mirror Pavilion Turns a 400-Year-Old Craft Into the Future\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-08.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px; margin: 18px auto 20px; text-align:center;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7222236028814181\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" type=\"fd80ab133e3382cfc60f2feb-text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- In-Content-Ad-1 --><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"fd80ab133e3382cfc60f2feb-text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The ceiling is where the real conversation h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ens. Rather than replicating a traditional vault, the team designed a three-dimensional sinusoidal surface formed by merging four pyramidal geometries. It\u2019s a mouthful to describe, but the visual effect is anything but clinical. Hundreds of fragmented mirrors are arranged across this undulating surface through computational processes, catching light and redistributing it in ways that feel almost alive. Add stained glass into the mix, and the space starts producing color shifts that no static installation ever could.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-622094\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-09.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/28\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Iran\u2019s Mirror Pavilion Turns a 400-Year-Old Craft Into the Future\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-622094\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-09.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/28\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Iran\u2019s Mirror Pavilion Turns a 400-Year-Old Craft Into the Future\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-09.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-622095\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/28\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Iran\u2019s Mirror Pavilion Turns a 400-Year-Old Craft Into the Future\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-622095\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/28\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Iran\u2019s Mirror Pavilion Turns a 400-Year-Old Craft Into the Future\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-010.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px; margin: 18px auto 20px; text-align:center;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7222236028814181\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" type=\"fd80ab133e3382cfc60f2feb-text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- In-Content-Ads-2 --><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"fd80ab133e3382cfc60f2feb-text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ayeneh-Kari became prominent during the Safavid period in the 16th and 17th centuries, when trade routes brought large Venetian mirrors to the Persian court. Many of them arrived cracked or broken from the long journey. Rather than discarding the damaged pieces, Iranian craftsmen cut them into smaller fragments and reassembled them into intricate decorative mosaics. Out of something broken came something extraordinary, and that origin story feels deeply embedded in what mirrors have meant to Persian design ever since. The craft was inscribed on UNESCO\u2019s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in December 2025, a recognition that feels both overdue and timely given projects like this one.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-622096\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/28\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Iran\u2019s Mirror Pavilion Turns a 400-Year-Old Craft Into the Future\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-622096\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/28\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Iran\u2019s Mirror Pavilion Turns a 400-Year-Old Craft Into the Future\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-011.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-622098\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/28\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Iran\u2019s Mirror Pavilion Turns a 400-Year-Old Craft Into the Future\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-622098\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/28\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Iran\u2019s Mirror Pavilion Turns a 400-Year-Old Craft Into the Future\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-012.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Ehsani Sharafeh Associates isn\u2019t just borrowing the aesthetic of Ayeneh-Kari and wrapping it around a contemporary shell. The team, made up of Nasrin Sharafeh, Ali Ehsani, and Milad GholamiFard, is using computational design methods to genuinely reconsider how traditional Iranian spatial principles behave in a new context. The algorithmic approach isn\u2019t a shortcut. It\u2019s what allows the complex geometry and patterned arrangements of the ceiling to exist at the scale and precision they do, while still feeling like a faithful extension of a much older sensibility.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-622100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/28\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Iran\u2019s Mirror Pavilion Turns a 400-Year-Old Craft Into the Future\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-622100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/28\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Iran\u2019s Mirror Pavilion Turns a 400-Year-Old Craft Into the Future\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-03.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-622101\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/28\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Iran\u2019s Mirror Pavilion Turns a 400-Year-Old Craft Into the Future\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-622101\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/28\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Iran\u2019s Mirror Pavilion Turns a 400-Year-Old Craft Into the Future\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-04.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>That balance is harder to pull off than it looks. A lot of design that claims to honor tradition ends up either being too faithful and feeling like a replica, or too abstract and losing the thread entirely. The Mirror Pavilion manages to land somewhere in the middle, where the history is legible but the result is clearly contemporary. You can feel the ancestry of the space without it ever feeling like a museum piece.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-622102\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/28\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Iran\u2019s Mirror Pavilion Turns a 400-Year-Old Craft Into the Future\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-622102\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/28\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Iran\u2019s Mirror Pavilion Turns a 400-Year-Old Craft Into the Future\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-05.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>What also stands out is the decision to place this inside an industrial hall. The contrast between the raw, utilitarian structure of the existing space and the luminous, almost otherworldly quality of the pavilion isn\u2019t accidental. It makes both things more interesting. The industrial hall gives the mirrors context. The mirrors give the hall something to reach for.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-622104\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/28\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Iran\u2019s Mirror Pavilion Turns a 400-Year-Old Craft Into the Future\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-622104\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/28\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Iran\u2019s Mirror Pavilion Turns a 400-Year-Old Craft Into the Future\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-02.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>In Persian culture, mirrors and water have long represented purity, clarity, and illumination. Reflective interiors amplified natural light and reinforced ideas about enlightenment and divine presence, which is why mirror work appears so frequently in shrines and sacred spaces. The Mirror Pavilion carries that weight without announcing it, which might be the most impressive thing about it. Some buildings describe an idea. This one embodies it.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-622105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/28\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Iran\u2019s Mirror Pavilion Turns a 400-Year-Old Craft Into the Future\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-622105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/irans-mirror-pavilion-turns-a-400-year-old-craft-into-the-future\/mirror-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" 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