The Rawshan of the Hijaz: an architecture of light and privacy
A field study of the Hijazi rawshan and its relationship to social structure and climatic adaptation in historic Jeddah.
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Mud houses in Qassim: an architecture that lets you answer the climate
Mud architecture in Najd is not primitive. It is a sophisticated environmental engineering system that answers climate, society and economy with an efficiency modernity has yet to match.
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