Moroccan architecture for building standards which directly affected the architecture at that time, as follows: The building regulations maintained the country's preexisting architectural features and balanced the rapid urbanization. The Riad also known as Dar is the Moroccan traditional house, which normally has two or more storeys around a courtyard. Villas are larger stand-alone housing in the urbanized area which do not need to follow traditional architectural style. Arches, most often the horseshoe arch are used in almost every aspect of Moroccan housing whether it is doors, entrances, windows or niches. Domes are often integrated with altars or commemorative monuments as well
Courtyard with an Arbour in the collection of Joséphine de Beauharnais and it was documented in an inventory of pictures at Château de Malmaison in 1814. Courtyard with an Arbour Courtyard with an Arbour (1658–1660) is an oil on canvas painting by the Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch; it is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is now in a private collection. It was sold in 1992 for almost seven million dollars. This painting by Hooch was first documented by John Smith in 1833, who wrote; "47. A View in the Back Court of a House, looking towards a building, which has