A shadow falls across an elaborately carved wooden door of the restored Shaikh Salman house in Muharraq, Bahrain. The door is typical of traditional Arabian Gulf architecture.
Detail of the elaborately carved plaster lattices in the walls of the restored Shaikh Salman house in Muharraq, Bahrain which allow the circulation of air to cool the rooms inside. Other alcoves remain where old lattices have not survived.
Black and white picture of a traditionally carved wooden door and two small windows in the corner of the courtyard of the restored Shaikh Salman house, Bahrain. Drains set near the roof prevent rainwater from damaging the foot of the adobe walls of the building.