Windcatcher
（重定向自Windcatchers）
![An ab anbar (water reservoir) with double domes and windcatchers (openings near the top of the towers) in the central desert city of Naeen, Iran](/Images/godic/202502/21/AbAnbarNain22456.jpg")
![Dwelling house in Ancient Egypt with windcatcher.](/Images/godic/202502/21/Byggnadskonsten,_Fornegyptiska_boningshus,_Nordisk_familjebok2456.png")
![Ancient Egyptian House miniature showing windcatchers, dating from Early Dynastic Period of Egypt, found in Abou Rawsh near Cairo. Now in Louvre.](/Images/godic/202502/21/Ancient_Egyptian_House_miniature_showing_windcatchers2457.jpg")
![Model of an Ancient Egyptian house with windcatcher, Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim](/Images/godic/202502/21/RPM_Ägypten_0032457.jpg")
A windcatcher (Persian:بادگیر bâdgir: bâd "wind" + gir "catcher") is a traditional Persian architectural element to create natural ventilation in buildings. Windcatchers come in various designs: uni-directional, bi-directional, and multi-directional. Windcatchers remain present in many countries and can be found in traditional Persian-influenced architecture throughout the Middle East, including in the small Arab states of the Persian Gulf (mostly Bahrain and Dubai), Pakistan, and Afghanistan.