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
A Walk Around the Hotel Courtyard, Acatlan A Walk Around the Hotel Courtyard, Acatlan A Walk Around the Hotel Courtyard, Acatlán is a 1985 painting by the British artist David Hockney. Hockney painted "A Walk Around the Hotel Courtyard" after discovering a hotel courtyard in Mexico, when car trouble forced him to stop on the way while driving to Mexico City. The painting is one of his more hotly coloured works, being mostly red, with green and yellow, and is done in reverse perspective. The oil on two canvases or a diptych measures 183×610 centimeters overall. It is owned by the Benesse Corporation and is currently on