Any of various passive constructions built high above rooftops to collect prevailing breezes and channel them down into living spaces; common in hot, arid climates from North Africa to Pakistan.
AAT
3000248183
air-scoops
catchers, wind
catches, wind
wind catches
wind-catchers
wind-scoops
13yrs ago
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