The house
Giving the city back its blue
The old houses of Rasht followed a formula of their own: whitewashed walls and woodwork in firuzeh, a muted Caspian turquoise. It still breathes in the Saghrisazan quarter, on the carved doors and orosi lattices of the Samiei House. A century of rain almost washed that code off the streets — this house brings it back.
The house is over two hundred years old: a Qajar mansion in the bazaar quarter, the trading heart of Rasht since Safavid times. We restored it end to end, unhurried and without imitation. The sofal roof tiles were gathered across the city, saved from old houses slated for demolition. The floor mosaics were laid by hand, stone by stone. And the doors and shutters wear that same Rasht firuzeh — the colour of the old city's wooden window frames.
A Qajar mansion
Over 200 years old, in Rasht's oldest trading quarter
Historic roof tiles
Sofal tiles rescued from old roofs across the city
Hand-laid mosaics
Courtyard floors set piece by piece by a master
Calligraphy on the gates
A contemporary calligrapher painted the steel gates — ancient script in a street gesture
