Only a few historic monuments have been preserved in Kuwait as modernization
continues to take its toll on the old urban environment and historic buildings.
A few mosques and diwanias (social meeting houses) have been saved from
demolition, and many have been replaced with new structures, reflecting
the rapid changes in the recent history of the state. Integrated,
delicate and coherent hierarchies of form and space, monumentality and
the quotidian resulted. They have largely been destroyed - blown apart
by Modern Movement with its reverence for object buildings, functional
separation and new forms of structure and construction
Traditional Houses
The harsh natural environment encouraged the development of innovative
architectural ideas to help produce an acceptable livable environment inside
the traditional houses. The courtyard was one of the traditional solutions
that provided a shaded and private space inside the house. It also allowed
air circulation inside the house. Courtyard house closed from the outside
and open to the inside courtyard; called alhoush.
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