wind tower

yeah.. another wind tower from Bastakiya and small bird over there..

These wind towers were used to catch the wind and divert it into the house when there was no electricity and modern AC. the other name is "wind catcher"

street from Bastakiya

I want to share street view from Bastakiya. It is like a maze. We have two wind towers here as well.

Abra and the Creek

After yesterday's post close picture of Abra, I would like to show little bit larger view. Abra and the Creek. you can see old and new style apartments and mosque at the other side of Creek. (Bur Dubai) you can even see wind towers of Bastakiya.

wind catcher in reflection

posted for weekend reflection.

reflected wind tower is just decorative for the new building, one of Dubai's mall. to see more wind tower / wind catchers just click the label, you will find more info as well on previous posts.

Monday Murals

I guess I will post every single details of this wall which is decorated for EXPO 2020 :)

On the left side, you can use it for traditional coffee or tea or cold beverage. Even today, this design is very popular in this region,
On the right side, we see traditional wind tower (=wind catcher) or another way to say A.C. without electricity. Because of the architectural structure of these towers can catch the wind and divert it into the house. very creative way to keep houses cooler when summer time temp reach 49 deg. C. Today, you can see these towers in modern building just for to keep the design as traditional and actually they look nice.  I posted wind towers here earlier from Souk Medinat.

I hope I can find more graffiti or wall arts in Dubai. Actually I don't think that but I want to keep my hope :)
posted for Monday Murals

wind tower - traditional AC

taken at Madinat Souk.

Wind Tower is a traditional architectural element mainly part of residential houses. The function of this tower is to catch cooler breeze that prevail at a higher level above the ground and to direct it into the interior of the buildings. This feature is used in many countries around the Arabian Gulf.

In these days, all buildings are equipped with modern AC. but wind towers, in another way to say, wind catchers are considered as traditional identity of local buildings. 

For more information, you can click here

Today, most of wind towers build only for the identity not for the function.