Tarim: Vernacular Architecture

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Title	Tarim: Vernacular Architecture
View	Distant view of the village, from south, depicting large bluffs in background
Work Type	buildings dwellings houses built environment settlements and landscapes inhabited places
Style/Period	Nineteenth century
Creator Name	unknown
Creator Nationality	Yemeni
Subject.work	architectural exteriors architectural interiors business, commerce and trade Housing
Country	Yemen
State/Province	South Yemen
Location.Notes	Tarim, Wadi Hadramawt
Architectural Material	mud brick
Technique	construction
Dates	ca. 1800-present
Photographer	Gilchrist, Scott
Date Photographed	2/21/1993
Subject Information	On the Tihama plain along the Red Sea, traditional housing is low, typically either huts of reeds, sticks and palm-woods (in the north, e.g. al-Zuhra), or rubble and brick courtyard houses (in the south, e.g. Zabid, Hays). Those in Zabid are of one or two storeys and present a plain facade to the street; the wealth and taste of the family are displayed in the decoration on internal walls. Zabid also has some Ottoman architecture. A different tradition is found in Tarim in Wadi Hadramawt, where Hadrami traders who had worked in Indonesia in the 19th century followed South-east Asian styles for their houses.
Information.source	Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/
Credit Line	copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)
Collection information	Collection administered by the Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library, (402) 472-1193

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