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CONTENTS 6 Introduction 9 ISLAM AND THE HOME 10 Internalized Spaces 13 A patio -- a paragon of enclosures 21 A decorative and methodical art 29 IN THE MEDINA 30 Apparent Disorder 34 A declaration of heritage, a modern construction 41 Dars or riads? 51 FEZ 52 The Holy City 52 A retiring and melancholy nature 57 A jewel of Hispano-Moresque art Potraits 72 Palais Glaoui -- A Ghost Town 80 RIAD AL BARTAL -- The House of Birds 89 MARRAKECH 90 Andalusian Art Infused with Rural Influences 97 The particular charm of house-gardens 107 The garden, a metaphor for paradise Portraits 112 Dar el Qadi -- The House with the Tower 120 Riad Lamrani -- The Magnificent Garden 129 ESSAOUIRA 130 A Cosmopolitan Trading Post 130 A new and eccentric medina 138 Patios made of stone and wood Portraits 144 Villa Baghdad -- An Alchemy of Africa and the East 155 KASBAHS OF THE OASES 156 An Architecture Unique to North Africa 163 Adobe and raw brick -- an outdated structure 169 Rudimentary interiors 180 A heritage in peril 185 The restored kasbahs of N'Kob and Skoura 195 TEMPLES TO THE ART OF LIVING Portraits 196 AGAFAY 196 A kasbah of lords 199 Usurped objects 203 Theatrical décor 208 DAR AHLAM 208 The enchanted kasbah 211 Contemporary influences 214 A universe of sensations
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Architecture, Domestic -- Morocco.
Architecture, Islamic -- Morocco.