Windcatcher (architectural cooling tower used for thousands of years)
Windcatcher (architectural cooling tower used for thousands of years)
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i miss when different places had different architecture, designed for the local climate and using local materials..
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But now we can build boring big glass boxes and just throw more electricity at them. Isn't progress great?
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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