Moroccan riad been bought by foreigners. This foreign interest has brought new challenges but the investment has helped with the restoration of the UNESCO site and has helped revive many of the handcrafts and artisan trades that were gradually being lost before this trend. Many of the restored riads in the districts of Mouassine and Lakssour offer the finest examples of restoration as historically these areas contained many of the grand palaces from Marrakech's Saadian period. Moroccan riad A riad () is a type of traditional Moroccan house or palace with an interior garden or courtyard. The word riad originates from the
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