Borujerdis House

Dhananjay Parmar

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The Borujerdi House (Persian: خانهٔ بروجردی‌ها‎‎ Khāneh-ye Borujerdihā) is a historic house in Kashan, Iran.

The house was built in 1857 by architect Ustad Ali Maryam, for the wife of Seyyed Mehdi Borujerdi, a wealthy merchant. The wife came from the affluent Tabatabaei family, which Seyyed Mehdi fall in love with her and built this house for her.

It consists of a rectangular beautiful courtyard, delightful wall paintings by the royal painter Sani ol molk, and three 40 meter tall wind towerswhich help cool the house to unusually cool temperatures. It has 3 entrances, and all the classic signatures of traditional Persian residential architecture, such as biruni yard (exterior yard) and daruni yard (andarun) (interior yard). The house took eighteen years to build using 150 craftsmen.

Gallery

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  View facing south and main dome of talar
 
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  19th century plasterwork from a wall from the courtyard of the house
 
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  Detail of the exterior wall carvings
 
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  Stucco work from the walls of the house depicting florae and fruits
 
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  View of the courtyard
 
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  Interior of the house
 
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  Ceiling of the house
 
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  Restorer at work

Credit : https://en.wikipedia.org/

This page was last modified on 9 July 2016, at 11:29.

Dhananjay Parmar