Marrakesh's artistic influences

The medina of Marrakesh, which dates to the 11th century, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, noted for its historic influence across the Mediterranean. Today, Morocco's traditional dwellings, known as "riads," are having an impact on the design world. Correspondent Seth Doane pays a visit, and talks with designers who have been touched by Marrakesh's signature beauty.
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[ruiza]

I love the Moroccan Architecture, it looks amazing ✨️✨️✨️

[mililaniman]

Marrakesh seems like a beautiful place to visit. I would enjoy seeing all the stunning architecture.

[pottergirl]

This is such beautiful and smart architecture. I'd love to see something like this incorporated in American cities.

[elainekinney]

I like the open courtyards and beautiful designs.

[veramakayan]

I just returned couple weeks ago from Morocco and it’s a beautiful country. It feeds your sense… the smell, the sound, the gorgeous colors everywhere. And every region of the country was very different. I loved Fes the most …so much more tradition and culture in there unlike Marrakech is becoming more westernized with all this new hotels / clubs and even casino popping up in the downtown area.

[stonew]

I just returned from a month's stay in beautiful, exotic Morocco. It's a little disappointing to see the report highlighting an American couple coopting the beautiful zelijj tile designs when there are already hundreds of local artisans doing them by hand. Nothing against them, just that it would have been nice to see local artisans perpetrating their traditional craft.

[___beyondhorizon]

I LOVE RIAD architecture!!!
I have a dream, public housing 6 or 10 story tall build with RIAD architecture influence, huge courtyard in the middle with orange trees, lemon trees, vertical organic garden maintaine by the community efforts. Vertical garden can solve the food inflation and nutrition issues. There will be different small fountain ⛲ in the courtyard. Next life, i want to be an urban planner 😊
I have been to Morocco twice, April 2015 & 2017, Marrakech, Fez, Casablanca, Chefchauen. Each time, i accidently booked my hostel which turn out to be a Riad, I fell in love with the architectural concept. The breakfast area is always on the rooftop to see the entire city. I wonder why they didn't introduce Chefchauen, the Blue City. But I am glad it's not feature here, I don't want all the social media influencers flocking to the Blue City snd ruined with mass tourism like Santorini. I love strolling the narrow alley to discover craft shop. The Moroccan are very laid back. My first evening in Fez, a little girl across my hostel greeted me with a big smile "Salam!" Unforgettable!
I also spend a night each trip at different parts of the Sahara campground, 🐪 ride, , Berber music 🎵, they all speaks fluent English. The tour are well organized, they combined all the tourist from different hotels to fill out the mini vans, its actually good for green tourism. The Sahara campground is with solar panels and light up the path to the share bathroom. I would like to visit again!
Also, designer Yves St Laurent has a house in Marrakesh and its now a museum, the ticket was $10 to see the huge garden with plants from different countries.

[n.d.]

Always something special to learn with Seth Doane.

[sandrasharby]

Beautiful! Would like to see more stories about this type of art and history. Thank you!

[steveconn]

Incredibly fascinating country, detailed in the work of Paul Bowles in the Sheltering Sky, Rolling Stone Brian Jones musical ethnographic work, the wilder Gettys palaces, etc.

[faysalchadimi]

Great Report! I am from Marrakech and I live in LA. I always dreamed of building a little town here in California in the style of Marrakech and calling it "Little Marrakech" since California has almost the same weather as Marrakech and it's so similar in so many ways. (Hit me up if someone interested in something like this lol)

[pschreiber]

Dreamy! How I would love a home with an inner courtyard!

[TheMoorish]

Morocco is Italy of Africa, great culture und world class cuisine🥰🥰🥰

[soccerusl]

Going to Morocco in 2 days and planning to stay there for 2 months. It’s very easy to get infatuated with this country and it’s rich culture. The architecture, the rich history, the food is just delicious and especially the people are just so warm and so welcoming. Two months may not be enough considering that I want to see it all.

[LMays-cuhp]

Thank you for sharing great homes here in Morocco!

[annsmith]

I adore Morocco and yes, it is a sensory overload.

[adamlasry]

Riads (traditional Moroccan houses) are also found some other Moroccan cities such as Rabat, Fez, Meknes, Tetouan, Tangier… Moroccan culture and civilisation goes deep in history. 🇲🇦 🇲🇦 🇲🇦

[Shams]

I love you morooco...🇲🇦
I love you Marrakesh..🇲🇦

[leguan]

I can't wait to re-visit that incredible country. The only real monarchy outside of Eurasia, the source of Occult science, and the 1st to recognize the USA. Mention more --

[snowcountry]

Kesh is a bit touristy but really enjoyed my five days there! Unforgettable.