Borujerdi House
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| image = Ceiling of a room at Borujerdi House, Kashan, Iran.jpg
| architectural_style = Iranian
| coordinates = {{coord|33.9746|N|51.4407|E|region:IR_type:landmark}}
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The Borujerdi House (Persian: خانه بروجردیها) is a historic house museum in Kashan, Iran. It was built in 1857 by architect Ustad Ali Maryam{{cite news |url=https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/media/1396/01/09/1366079/خانه-بروجردی-ها-کاشان |title=خانه بروجردی ها -کاشان |trans-title="House of the Borujerdi - Kashan" |language=fa |date=29 March 2017 |work=Tasnim News Agency}} for the bride of Borujerdi, a wealthy merchant.{{cite web |url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/iran/kashan/attractions/khan-e-boroujerdi/a/poi-sig/491368/361014 |title=Khan-e Boroujerdi |work=Lonely Planet |access-date=20 July 2018}} The bride came from the affluent Tabātabāei family, for whom the architect had built the nearby Tabātabāei House several years earlier.{{cite news |url=https://financialtribune.com/articles/travel/10722/kashan-a-lesson-in-authenticity-architecture |title=Kashan, a Lesson in Authenticity, Architecture |work=Financial Tribune |date=8 February 2015}}{{cite news |url=https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/media/1396/03/11/1386767/خانه-تاریخی-طباطبایی-کاشان |title=خانه تاریخی طباطبایی کاشان |trans-title="Kashan's Historic House of Tabātabāʿi" |language=fa |date=1 June 2017 |work=Tasnim News Agency}}
Structure
The Borujerdi House consists of the biruni ("exterior", the public area) and andaruni ("interior", the private quarters) features of Iran's traditional residential architecture, including a courtyard with a fountain pool and a two-story iwan (balcony). The main hall is topped by a khishkhan, that is a type of central dome. Three 40-meter-tall windcatchers, two above the main hall and one over the entrance area, are also erected on the house.{{cite book |title=Iran |year=2012 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lecy2uDjiQYC |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-119-97450-5 |page=36}}{{cite book |first=Hassan |last=Radoine |title=Architecture in Context: Designing in the Middle East |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HZbMDgAAQBAJ |year=2017 |publisher=Wiley |isbn=978-1-118-71985-5 |page=206}} The house is decorated with stucco, glass work, and mirror work, and features frescoes by prominent painter Kamal-ol-Molk.{{cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/iran-beautiful-places/index.html |first=Barry |last=Neild |title=Most beautiful places in Iran: Photos will dazzle you |work=CNN |date=10 February 2017}}
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Gallery
Roof of the Borujerdi House, Kashan.jpg|The dome of the talar and the two windcatchers on the house's roof.
The Borujerdi House is a historic house in Kashan, Iran خانه تاریخی بروجردی ها در کاشان 01.jpg|The courtyard of the Borujerdi House.
Casa histórica de Boroujerdi, Kashan, Irán, 2016-09-19, DD 32.jpg|Exterior of the Borujerdi House.
Boroojerdiha hom's Kashan خانه بروجردیها کاشان - panoramio.jpg|Exterior of the Borujerdi House.
Casa histórica de Boroujerdi, Kashan, Irán, 2016-09-19, DD 44.jpg|Interior of the Borujerdi House.
خانه بروجردی ها در کاشان 2.jpg|Interior of the main dome of the Borujerdi House.
خانه بروجردی ها در شهر تاریخی کاشان 3.jpg|Wooden windows and wall carvings at the Borujerdi House.
خانه بروجردی ها کاشان-The Borujerdi House kashan iran 07.jpg|Wall carvings inside the Borujerdi House.
Borujerdi House - kashan - Iran ایران، کاشان، خانه بروجردی ها 06.jpg|Detail of interior stucco at the Borujerdi House.
Gachbori kashan.jpg|Detail of exterior stucco at the Borujerdi House.
Architecture121.JPG|Detail of exterior stucco at the Borujerdi House.
Detail of the exterior wall carvings, Khaneh Tabatabaiha.jpg|Detail of exterior stucco at the Borujerdi House.
References
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Category:Historic house museums in Iran
Category:Buildings and structures in Kashan
Category:Tourist attractions in Kashan
Category:Houses completed in 1857
Category:1850s establishments in Iran
Category:1857 establishments in Asia
Category:Buildings and structures on the Iran National Heritage List
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