Windcatcher
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A windcatcher, wind tower, or wind scoop is a traditional architectural element used to create cross ventilation and passive cooling in buildings. Windcatchers come in various designs, depending on wh
An ab anbar (water reservoir) with windcatchers (openings near the top of the towers) in the central desert city of Yazd, Iran
Aghazadeh Mansion in Abarkooh, Iran, has an elaborate 18-m windtower with two levels of openings, plus some smaller windtowers.
Wind tower, exterior, Dubai Museum
The same interior. This wind tower has four openings and brown cloth vertical walls on the interior diagonals, so it can catch the wind from a range of directions.
Tablinum
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In Roman architecture, a tablinum was a room in a domus generally situated on one side of the atrium and opposite to the entrance; it opened in the rear onto the peristyle, with either a large window
Windcatcher
…areas in cities, with mixed results; traditional methods include narrow, walled spaces, parks and winding streets, which act as cold-air reservoirs, and takhtabush-like arrangements (see sections on night flushing and convection, below). The construction of a windcatcher depends on the prevailing wind direction…
The tablinum of the House of Menander (Regio I), Pompeii