Photos tagged as yazd

5 traditional gigantic Vs 2 tiny modern ones!

Five traditional gigantic Budgirs (windcatchers) versus two tiny coolair systems! As you would see in my image, there are 4 traditional gigantic Budgirs are erected by genius Persian engineers hundreds years ago. Then if you look closely you would see 2 tiny modern coolair systems on that roof. Unfortunately most of Iranian people who live in hot-arid climate use new modern technology coolair systems instead of using the old traditional Budgirs! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windcatcher The sad story is that majority of Iranian people refuse to use this beautiful traditional Budgir, and then few smart a*** people like Mr William Stranks invent a modern system based on Budgir and name it as "Monodraught"! http://www.monodraught.com/windcatcher/about.php I guess people do NOT appreciate what their ancestors made for them and follow the modern complex technology instead!!

• Date: 1 April 2008
• Photographer: kombizz: gallery
• Location: Iran: gallery
• Tags: technology desert tower traditional kombizz persian kavir yazd windcatcher budgir monodraught william_stranks badgir arid coolair tiny
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Old Traditional Style

• Date: 14 May 2007
• Photographer: kombizz: gallery
• Location: Iran: gallery
• Tags: kerman kombizz yazd sounati traditional_house
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Amir Chakhmagh Mosque, Yazd, Iran

• Date: 2007
• Photographer: GlobeRover: gallery
• Location: Iran: gallery
• Tags: mosque amir yazd chakhmagh
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Adobe Alley

Here you would see the traditional structure of an Alley made of the basic material of Adobe. Usually you would see these traditional constructions in the arid or semi-arid area, i.e. Kerman, Yazd, Kashan, Esphehan Nesfe Jahan and old villages through out the country.

• Date: 5 January 2006
• Photographer: kombizz: gallery
• Location: Iran: gallery
• Tags: kerman kombizz kashan yazd esphehan_nesfe_jahan
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