Restoring, Recording and Inventorying the Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage of the M’Hamid Oasis, Morocco

Projects Morocco

Restoring, Recording and Inventorying the Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage of the M’Hamid Oasis, Morocco M’Hamid, the most remote in the Draa Valley, Southern Morocco, features one of the best preserved examples of ksour, vernacular earthen settlements surrounded by high defensive walls and reinforced by corner towers. Ouled Youssef offers a complete panorama of traditional…

The Gulf Architecture Project (GAP)

Projects Qatar

The Gulf Architecture Project (GAP) Status Completed (2020) Type Digitisation and Research Location Qatar Arabian Peninsula Partner Qatar National Library Funder Qatar Foundation About the project Qatar National Library, in association with ArCHIAM Centre at the University of Liverpool, has launched the Gulf Architecture Project (GAP) in collaboration with local and international partners to create a…

Salut Museum Design Proposal

Projects Oman

Salut Museum Design Proposal Husn Salut is an archaeological site in close proximity to Jabreen in the Al Dakhiliyah region of Oman. Salut archaeological site is a home to an ancient fortified collection of ruins and fortifications, some of which date to over 3,000 years ago, and which offer important evidence of the development civilizations in the Arabic peninsula in the Bronze and…

The Bait as-Sail Rehabilitation and Restoration Project, Salalah, Oman

Projects Oman

The Bait as-Sail Rehabilitation and Restoration Project, Salalah, Oman Bait as-Sail is one of the grandest houses of Salalah, Oman, built by some of the community’s successful overseas traders. Spatially the merchants houses consisted or large compounds, which served more than just residential functions, but also housed part of the owner’s business. The ground floors were in most cases…

Recording and Documentation of Earthen Architectural Heritage of Morocco

Projects Morocco

Recording and Documentation of Earthen Architectural Heritage of Morocco M’Hamid, the most remote in the Draa Valley, Southern Morocco, features one of the best preserved examples of ksour, vernacular earthen settlements surrounded by high defensive walls and reinforced by corner towers. Built on a fishbone pattern, ksour enclose tightly knit courtyard houses as well as…

Digitisation & Digital Collections Repository

Projects

Digitisation & Digital Collections Repository The theme of the digitised collections is architecture, architectural heritage, landscape and ethnography in South and South-West Asia. It includes a comprehensive range of architectural drawings (documentation, design and construction phases) as well as slides and photographs of distinct structures and cultural settings for the above regions. The material selected…