Welcome to the Cultural Tour of Yemen at the Yemen Language Center 

The architecture in Yemen varies considerably as one travels from region to region.  In the steamy Tihama on the Red Sea coast, round, pointed huts built of reed are the norm.  In the equally hot, but dry desert of Hadramawt, mud brick architecture is predominant.  Amazingly, each city seems to have its own unique architecture.  

Tower houses of Sana'a
Mud Brick highrises of Shibam
Houses of the highlands
On the Coast

    

Typical tower houses,
A work of stained glass, common in all Sana'a homes.  

Yemeni homes in the highlands are typically built of stone and precariously built on or in the mountains.

  

Some views from the coast: Hodeidah (left) and al-Mukalla (right) e