Mohammad Karim Pirnia (Persian: محمد کریم پیرنیا, 16 September 1920 – 31 August 1997) was an Iranian architectural historian and architect.
Mohammad Karim Pirnia (Persian: محمد کریم پیرنیا, 16 September 1920 – 31 August 1997) was an Iranian architectural historian and architect.
The Parthian style is a style (sabk) of historical Iranian architecture defined by Mohammad Karim Pirnia.
This architectural style includes designs from the Seleucid (310–140 BCE), Parthian (247 BCE – 224 CE), and Sassanid (224–651 CE) eras, reaching its apex of development in the Sassanid period.