The Iranian princess had been educated in South Carolina and had lived in California, and for her residence in the suburbs of Teheran she wanted a California-style redwood ranch house. So naturally she hired a pair of American architects to build it—and naturally they itched to design a house in the Persian tradition. Architects usually have their way: the result is the jewel-like residence pictured on the opposite page.
The palace that Architects Benjamin Brown and Spero Daltas designed for the Shah's younger sister, Fatemeh, is walled in travertine, teakwood and glass, and alive with water and sunlight. But the most...
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