Bayt Wakil, iwan

Bayt Wakil, iwan

Bayt Wakil, qaʿa, front elevation of the hall's facade

Bayt Wakil, qaʿa, front elevation of the hall’s facade

Bayt Dallal, a part of courtyard and iwan

Bayt Dallal, a part of courtyard and iwan

Bayt Dallal, iwan with a wooden canopy

Bayt Dallal, iwan with a wooden canopy

Habuba Kabira, during the construction of cantilever domes, the mortar is pulled up using a bucket

Habuba Kabira, during the construction of cantilever domes, the mortar is pulled up using a bucket

Bayt Wakil, iwan - decoration above a room's door

Bayt Wakil, iwan – decoration above a room’s door

Bayt Wakil, reception hall - western wing

Bayt Wakil, reception hall – western wing

Bayt Ghazala, ʿajami panels decorating the southern wing ceiling in the main reception hall (qaʿa)

Bayt Ghazala, ʿajami panels decorating the southern wing ceiling in the main reception hall (qaʿa)

Ghab plain: thatched mud houses, 1963

Ghab plain: thatched mud houses, 1963

Yabrud: shops with residential houses on the first floor, houses probably from the beginning of the 20th century

Yabrud: shops with residential houses on the first floor, houses probably from the beginning of the 20th century

Kafr Halab village, clay dome houses

Kafr Halab village, clay dome houses

As-Safira area in Aleppo province - clay dome houses

As-Safira area in Aleppo province – clay dome houses

Nahiyat Tall Tamir, Very well preserved domed rooms of a farmstead in an Assyrian village

Nahiyat Tall Tamir, Very well preserved domed rooms of a farmstead in an Assyrian village

Nahiyat Tall Tamir, The flattened dome roofs have just received new plastering.

Nahiyat Tall Tamir, The flattened dome roofs have just received new plastering.

Nahiyat Tall Tamir, Today empty domed houses in an Assyrian village seen from the street side

Nahiyat Tall Tamir, Today empty domed houses in an Assyrian village seen from the street side

Village on western shore of Jabbul-Lake, dome houses with stone inlay on the top

Village on western shore of Jabbul-Lake, dome houses with stone inlay on the top

Habuba Kabira, plastering of the domes after completion of the shell

Habuba Kabira, plastering of the domes after completion of the shell

Habuba Kabira, view into a plastered cantilever dome with openings and decorative layer

Habuba Kabira, view into a plastered cantilever dome with openings and decorative layer

Habuba Kabira, upper part of a cantilever dome construction

Habuba Kabira, upper part of a cantilever dome construction

A side from the courtyard of Bayt Jubran Afandi Shamiyya, Bab Tuma

A side from the courtyard of Bayt Jubran Afandi Shamiyya, Bab Tuma

Orientation plan example for walls based on room 07 in Bayt Ghazala

Bayt-Ghazala_room-07_walls

Bayt Ghazala, ʿajami panels decorating the northern wing ceiling in the main reception hall (qaʿa)

Bayt Ghazala, ʿajami panels decorating the northern wing ceiling in the main reception hall (qaʿa)

List of codes and names: example based on the plan of Bayt Ghazala

Orientation-room-codes

Numbering sequence example based on the plan of Bayt Ghazala

Orientation-system_L00_Bayt-Ghazala

Numbering application example for walls based on a room in Bayt Ghazala

Bayt-Ghazala_room-19_walls

Numbering application example for ceilings based on a room in Bayt Ghazala

Bayt-Ghazala_room-19_ceilings

Numbering application example for floors based on a room in Bayt Ghazala

Bayt-Ghazala_room-19_floors

Close-up view at entrance portal of a building from early 20th. ct.

Close-up image

in the Ghab plain: thatched mud houses, 1963

in the Ghab plain: thatched mud houses, 1963

View towards souteast, rubble in the couryard, after partial collapse of Bayt Ghazala (house), Aleppo, Syria

Fig.07_view at rubble