The British Embassy was originally located on the northern outskirts of nineteenth-century Tehran, now part of the city. Erected in the middle of a garden, the U-shaped central building around a courtyard. Each courtyard elevation refers to a different architectural style. Atop the central section stands an open pavilion whose form was inspired by the chattris of Indian Mughal architecture.

Sources:

Crinson, Mark. Empire Building: Orientalism and Victorian Architecture, 194-195. London: Routledge, 1996. 

Hobhouse, Penelope. The Gardens of Persia, 144-145. San Diego: Kales Press, 2004.