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Windcatcher (architectural cooling tower used for thousands of years)

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Windcatcher - Wikipedia

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i miss when different places had different architecture, designed for the local climate and using local materials..
- But now we can build boring big glass boxes and just throw more electricity at them. Isn't progress great?
Those are awesome, and so is all this architecture around this concept. I have stood under one in the summer, and as an always sweaty and always hot person, I actually felt a little chilly