Room to Rooms: View from Above

Friday, January 6, 2017

View from Above

Large window on the first floor of Dar Drissi in Fez allows one to enjoy the full view of the courtyard and fountain below. Many of these iron work patterns add to some dramatic visual pleasure of a room.

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About the Images

This is a collection of images from Morocco where I have experienced some of the most beautiful and intimate living spaces. It is more than grandeur and luxury, these are spaces that reflect and transform, some over centuries, by the way of life, the aesthetic and belief of a unique culture. From the floor to the ceiling and the many walls, history and lives of the past come alive in its thoughtful and delicate human touches. Staying in the riad is a unique experience that one must not miss when visiting Morocco. It is luxury of a different level ...

Riad

Riad is the traditional Moroccan house that has no windows or balconies facing the streets, normally with two or more storeys around an Andalusian-style courtyard that contained a fountain. Riads were the stately city homes of the wealthiest citizens such as merchants and courtiers. The word riad comes from the Arabian term for garden. It's also often used in Marrakech for houses that have been renovated and open up as boutique hotels or B&B. The traditional construction is a typical Islamic architecture designed to maximise family privacy from the outside world, and also to protect it from the weather and all the incoming desert sand.