one of the main architectural characteristics in the central area of iran is the relation between life and climatic conditions; e.g., the four-seasonal house which is a typical kind of the central-yard house. as the climate of isfahan is more pleasant than other desert regions in the central part of iran, wind towers are replaced with skylights to ventilate the pool area of hoze-khane. so far, ...

[There are] one-story intellects, two-story intellects, and three-story intellects with skylights. All fact collectors, who have no aim beyond their facts, are one-story men. Two-story men compare, reason, generalize, using the labor of the fact collectors as their own. Three-story men idealize, imagine, predict; their best illumination comes from above, through the skylight. (Oliver Wendell Ho...