Architects have known to design buildings as per wind direction indicated by the macro-climate. Is that the right strategy? (See also another myth explained here: In Mumbai, it is believed that wind comes from the West)
Is it so always? A predominant wind direction would not become so predominant, the moment a 15 storeyed building comes in the way! To design for such ephemeral situations is impractical and if the main concept is dependent on such assumptions, then it would only speak of the ignorance of the architect.
In hot climates, many times the breeze is brought in as the method to cool down the building. With the breeze comes in dust, and the heat of the breeze itself. Unless you use principles such as adiabatic expansion of air, and other devices which would cool down the breeze, there is a good chance that the breeze would be unwanted.
Suppose you do have the breeze all worked out with the devices to cool it down; it still does not justify that the direction from which a natural breeze would appear is an important concept. It is much more effective to use devices that would automatically promote the generation of a cooling breeze within the building itself, instead of depending on prevailing macroclimatic breezes from the outside
(There are exceptions: Houses that are designed in a very uniform manner, in traditional muslim desert villages of Pakistan trap prevailing breezes to cool the houses)
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