Visual Resources

The Visual Resources page is still in production. We appreciate your patience. In the mean time, these media may be of use.

Qasr al-'Ishshah interactive resources and images

Open QTVR nodes of the Palm Court, Room 110, Room 202, Room 212, Room 227 and the Second Floor Hall.
Image Pages by rooms

Room 101
Room 110
Room 202
Room 212

Open a collection of images of the Earthen Architecture of Tarim.

A copy of Caterina Borelli and Pamela Jerome's documentary video "The Architecture of Mud" is available through Documentary Educational Resources.

[You will need Flash to view these resources]


Interactive Map of Tarim ¹	Lime Plaster Production	Making Mud Bricks
We are begining to document the historic buildings and social geography of the city of Tarim spatialy through an interactive map . At this point, we have mapped the buildings targeted for the project by quarter (according to the Quarters Names of the Peoples Republic of Yemen). You may view images of the Al Kaf family palaces we will be working on as well as several other private houses by selecting "slide show." You may also see the layout of the mosques and other public buildings on the map. The placement of the Al Kaf family palaces and layout of the traditonal quarters are coming soon.	These pages will take you through the process by which lime plaster is produced in the Hadhramaut Valley. Select "find out more" to begin the animated lesson. Each frame stays on screen for ten seconds, but you may pause the lesson at any point. Select the magnifying glass icon to enlarge the images. If you wish to return to a particular frame, select from the images at the top of the page.	These pages will take you through the process by which mud brick is produced in the Hadhramaut Valley. Select "find out more" to begin the animated lesson. Each frame stays on screen for ten seconds, but you may pause the lesson at any point. Select the magnifying glass icon to enlarge the images. If you wish to return to a particular frame, select from the images at the top of the page.

The interactive map and animated lessons were programed by Kansas Waugh, a graduate student in the Historic Preservation Program of theGraduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, and Russell Irving Klopfer IV, an undergraduate work study student at the Media Center.

1. The maps are based on those found in Salma Samar Damluji (1992), The Valley of Mud Brick Architecture: Shibam, Tarim, and Wadi Hadramut. Reading, Garnet

Introduction