Hotel Padideh in Mashhad, under construction

Hotel Padideh construction (yellow steel) being erected as part of active, bustling 'Dreamland of Padideh Shandiz' complex construction site in Mashhad. Five tower and two mobile cranes evident in this view. (Photos are from late Fall 2013.)

Both bases of Hotel Padideh's modern, arcing design seen in the making

Foreground: Tadano mobile telescopic crane working the construction site

Detail of steel skeleton frame design applied to Hotel Padideh construction

Artist's rendering of completed Hotel Padideh within 'Dreamland of Padideh Shandiz' complex in Mashhad