No, it wouldnt work as the heat would have nowhere to go. And the mid east people didn't do it - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windcatcher

Instead you build and live in highrise/towers - that gives cheap ventilation which is a half the solution.

And I liked the siesta and the following it very active life till deep night in Spain - another natural adaptation to hot climate. It makes for much calmer and steady life rhythm and feeling.

> Instead you build and live in highrise/towers

I mean, I'm sure this is valid in some places but having lived in high rises relatively far north in Canada let me tell you it is very possible (and in my experience very common) to build high rises that retain heat so well they basically bake the occupants in high heat/humidity.

I doubt most of North America's high rise apartment buildings above some latitude are particularly well equipped for this, so there's almost certainly a shift required in how you build them.

Look no further than Dubai how to build highrises with good feat insulation, and cooling.

You can build ventilation or even just building houses with basements would help a bunch. The temperature underground is a lot more cool and steady and would help you escape the heat. There is a town in Australia that does exactly this because it's so friggin hot:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coober_Pedy