Elevation... Al-Kout, Lost Architecture...

From the earliest civilization, houses were constructed for the basic reason to cover the roof. However, with times of modernization, constructing anything above the normal roof level was considered as prestige and a sign of luxury. Wooden poles engraved in old houses were used to provide stability by creating a web using these poles. Secondly, it provided scaffolding for any maintenance work. As a photographer, capturing history in black and white series as its own delight.