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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Images are beautiful bright and vivid. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> For the un-initiated the traditional Baghdadi house could easily be dismissed as nothing more than a provincial building type. Yet it is a house of architectural distinction and great stylistic merit. Its characteristics represent no particular phase of development but rather the accumulated stylistic expression of many centuries perhaps millenia. The house was continuously renovated enlarged or even transformed into a cluster of inter-related households. The core of the house is the courtyard where the main social activities of the home are performed. The courtyard is an open stage where life is played out in its many facets by relatives neighbours and friends in acts tempered by time circumstance and season. The Baghdadi house reflects a life style that has endured many vicissitudes and it stands as a major architectural achievement which deserves documentation and conservation. The authors through their research writing and architectural work have made a considerable contribution to the conservation of the historic houses of the city and now provide this comprehen- sive and very enjoyable book as an extension of their previous work. (MP)