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Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. A unique and valuable study of a traditional Mecca house in the western Hejazi style. Soft acetate academic binding 21x30cm. (1), 33pp printed to rectos, including brief English text extensively illustrated with 27 original hand-mounted and neatly ms captioned colour photos @10x15cm each and 9 full-page floor plans and sections on a 1:100 scale. The house was built by Al Ajaj in the Shubaykah District about 500 metres west of the Masjid al Haram in the c1920s. It was owned by the notable Azhar family, who were involved in Hajj related business, and presently using the house as lodgings for Hajjis. The precise location is not given, though it is described as set in narrow alleys, with number 22 visible on the front door with the present owner shown in one of the photos. The study was prompted by the demolition of traditional houses in Shubaikah to make way for major expansion of the Great Mosque (1988-93), and high rise hotels. They describe the house over 3 floors with mezzanine levels. The ground includes a Qa'ah (void) open to the sky providing daylight and ventilation with two Diwans opening on to it, at least 3 bathrooms, offices, Khazanah, kitchens and bedrooms. The top floor has the typical Meccan brick built Kharjah (open terrace) with rooms that serve it. The ceilings are characteristically high wood beamed, the walls of thick granite with mud and later concrete cement. Decorative elements feature on doors, arches, columns, and the Shamsiyah (light well). New modifications include aluminium doors and air conditioning units. The authors were students at the School of Environmental Design (established 1976). They acknowledge support from Dr Ahmet Eyuce, who had surveyed several traditional Jeddah houses in the 1980s, and authored studies on the use of terraces, and solid to void proportions in their facades. (Reference: Illustrated Atlas of Makkah, p225).