Borujerdis House

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A view of the house.
A view of the house.

Khāné-ye Borūjerdīhā or "Borujerdis' House" is a famous historic house in Kashan, Iran.

The house was built in 1857 for the bride of Haji Mehdi Borujerdui, a wealthy merchant. The bride came from the affluent Tabatabaei family, for whom Ustad Ali had built their house (The Tabatabaei House) some years earlier.

It consists of a rectangular beautiful courtyard, delightful wall paintings by the royal painter Kamal-ol-molk, and three 40 meter tall wind towers which help cool the house to unusually cool temperatures. It has 3 entrances, and all the classic signatures of Traditional Persian residential architcture such as biruni and daruni (andarun).


View facing south and main dome of talar.

19th century plasterwork from a wall from the courtyard of the house.

Detail of the exterior wall carvings.

Stucco work from the walls of the house depicting florae and fruits.


The house took 18 years to build using 150 craftsmen. It is considered a true masterpiece of Persian traditional residential architecture. It was designed by Ustad Ali Maryam.


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