The Borujerdi House is a

historic house museum A historic house museum is a house of historic significance that has been transformed into a museum. Historic furnishings may be displayed in a way that reflects their original placement and usage in a home. Historic house museums are held to a ...

Kashan Kashan ( fa, ; Qashan; Cassan; also romanized as Kāshān) is a city in the northern part of Isfahan province, Iran. At the 2017 census, its population was 396,987 in 90,828 families. Some etymologists argue that the city name comes from ...

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. It was built in 1857 by architect

Ustad Ali Maryam Ustad Ali Maryam ( fa, استاد علی مریم) was a famous mimar of 19th century Persia. He is famous for designing three edifices in particular, all in Kashan: * The Borujerdi-ha House (1857) * The Tabatabaei House (1840s)

for the bride of Borujerdi, a wealthy merchant. The bride came from the affluent Tabātabāei family, for whom the architect had built the nearby Tabātabāei House several years earlier.

Structure

The Borujerdi House consists of the ''biruni'' ("exterior", the public area) and ''

andaruni Andaruni ( fa, اندرونی) in Iranian architecture, is the inner quarter where the women lived. It has been described as ''harem'' in Arabic. Private space In traditional Persian residential architecture the ''andaruni'' is a part of the ho ...

'' ("interior", the private quarters) features of Iran's traditional residential architecture, including a courtyard with a fountain pool and a two-story

iwan An iwan ( fa, ایوان , ar, إيوان , also spelled ivan) is a rectangular hall or space, usually vaulted, walled on three sides, with one end entirely open. The formal gateway to the iwan is called , a Persian term for a portal projecting ...

(balcony). The main hall is topped by a ''khishkhan'', that is a type of central dome. Three 40-meter-tall

windcatchers A windcatcher, wind tower, or wind scoop ( ar, برجيل ; fa, بادگیر) is a traditional architectural element used to create cross ventilation and passive cooling in buildings. Windcatchers come in various designs: unidirectional, bidi ...

, two above the main hall and one over the entrance area, are also erected on the house. The house is decorated with

stucco Stucco or render is a construction material made of aggregates, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as a decorative coating for walls and ceilings, exterior walls, and as a sculptural and a ...

, glass work, and mirror work, and features

fresco Fresco (plural ''frescos'' or ''frescoes'') is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaste ...

es by prominent painter

Kamal-ol-Molk Mohammad Ghaffari ( fa, محمد غفاری), better known as Kamal-ol-Molk (), was an Iranian painter and part of the Ghaffari family in Kashan. Biography Mohammad Ghaffari, better known as Kamal-ol-Molk, born in Kashan in 1848, to a family wi ...

Gallery

Roof of the Borujerdi House, Kashan.jpg, The dome of the

talar Talar դալար is a Western Armenian name for females. It's meaning is symbolic of the Evergreen Tree. The talar or talaar ( fa, تالار) is the throne hall of the Persian monarch that is open to the public. It includes a throne carved ...

and the two

windcatcher A windcatcher, wind tower, or wind scoop ( ar, برجيل ; fa, بادگیر) is a traditional architectural element used to create cross ventilation and passive cooling in buildings. Windcatchers come in various designs: unidirectional, bid ...

s 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

at the Borujerdi House. Gachbori kashan.jpg, Detail of exterior

at the Borujerdi House. Architecture121.JPG, Detail of exterior

at the Borujerdi House. Detail of the exterior wall carvings, Khaneh Tabatabaiha.jpg, Detail of exterior

at the Borujerdi House.

References

Historic house museums in Iran Buildings and structures in Kashan Tourist attractions in Kashan Houses completed in 1857 1857 establishments in Iran

Borujerdi House The Borujerdi House is a historic house museum in Kashan, Iran. It was built in 1857 by architect Ustad Ali Maryam for the bride of Borujerdi, a wealthy merchant. The bride came from the affluent Tabātabāei family, for whom the architect had bui ...

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