Modern Arabic architecture has been facing important challenges imposed in many fields by changes occurring internationally and in the West, especially in terms of architecture. The effect of these changes on the visual appearance of the city has bee
n clearly evident, with everything this entails in terms of formation and architectural samples. This was due to a group of internal and external effects which contributed to accelerating the spread of intellectual theoretical movements and new architectural philosophies which differed in how they responded to local data.
This really problematic trend in modern Arabic architecture became apparent and manifested itself by achieving balance and integration between originality and tradition on the one hand, and modernism and contemporariness on the other. The number of frames available to the Arabic architect became more numerous, to include rejection, advocacy and reformation, and this was reflected in the architectural formations which became multiple and were characterized by pluralism. This led to the loss of their local identity and to a contradiction between their visual and formative modes. A number of Arab architects became aware of this problem at the end of the 20th century, so they analyzed its causes and its transformative mechanism. Attempts were started to find logical and rational solutions to guarantee harmony between technical and scientific development on the one hand, and a sense of belonging to the place on the other.
This research highlights the elements of the traditional residence building in Sana'a, and tends to explain
its intellectual trends, environmental, economic, social and cultural, in order to conclude a set of results,
recommendations and suggestion
s that will contribute to the promotion and development of the level of
thinking design in a building housing Yemeni contemporary and future, in accordance with the
requirements of modern economic and social development.
The problem of this research is that Yemeni modern buildings do not respond exactly to the actual
population needs. This fact indicates that most of the designs came disproportionately with the cultural
aspect of objective human behavior of the Yemeni society, its customs and traditions. in addition, other
problems may arise, in environmental, economic and social sectors, that are related to architectural and
urban concepts
