Compare and contrast the modern houses of United Arab Emirates with Al Areesh
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United Arab Emirates(UAE) houses magnificient buildings, which is a result of socially and cultural influences on traditional architecture. It is remarkable to see such buildings in a place surrounded by deserts.
These houses are concrete, fenced with decorative designs showing their prosperity. Modern building materials like glass, bricks are used for construction.
Whereas one of their traditional housing types called Al Arish is completely different from the modern time houses. These houses were built with palm(Arish). The leaves were removed from the trunks and tied together to form the walls and the roof were covered with palm leaves. It provided a lot of ventilation in summer and in winter when more branches were added, it provided warmth.
There is a town named Al Arish, in Qatar, that is abondened and very distinct from the modern civilization of UAE.