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    Windcatcher (redirect from Badgir)
    spread of culture under Islamic rule. In Iran, a windcatcher is called a bâdgir, bâd "wind" + gir "catcher" (Persian: بادگیر). The devices were used in...
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    access to a qanat (Iranian aqueduct), and are sometimes equipped with bâdgirs (windcatchers or wind towers) built of mud or mud brick in square or round...
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    Heritage Organization of Iran. Badgir Mansion. Karim Khani Nook Stairs leading up to Salam Hall The ceiling of Badgir palace One of the pools The Marble...
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    Windcatchers, called bâdgir in local dialect, in Souq Waqif, Doha...
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    Āina-kāri in the main hall of Emarat-e Badgir in Golestan Palace...
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    example: Chandal - woods used in constructing the roof of old buildings. Bādgir - towers with single or two, three or four sided openings above dwellings...
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  • is known for its pistachios, Kilim and its wind towers, locally known as Bādgir-e Chopoqi (calumet louver).[citation needed] At the 2006 National Census...
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    A ceramic-tiled wall on Emarat badgir building side in Golestan Palace compound, Tehran, Iran...
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    designed by Kamran Diba is based on traditional Iranian elements such as Badgirs, and yet has a spiraling interior reminiscent of Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim...
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    large thickly insulated above-ground domed structure, and outfitted with badgirs (wind-catchers) and series of qanats (aqueducts). Pre-electric refrigeration...
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