Gallery · 24 photographs

The house, frame by frame.

From the cool courtyard to the rooftop light, these photographs follow the house rather than catalogue it.

Dar Akal's rooftop pool framed by bougainvillea in full daylight — Water, flowers and open sky

The rooftop, from full sun to blue hour.

Ochre walls, water and enough open sky to let the day change slowly.

Sun loungers, parasol and cacti on Dar Akal's rooftop terrace — A place to settle in the sun

The green courtyard seen between the ochre walls of Dar Akal's rooftop — The courtyard, one floor below

The rooftop pool glowing at blue hour — When the light softens

Tea tables and the glazed roof lantern on Dar Akal's terrace — Tea above the Medina

The courtyard draws the eye upward.

Plants at ground level, carved galleries above and a different light on every floor.

The white galleries and tall plants of Dar Akal's courtyard by day — At the centre of the house

Looking upward through palms and carved galleries in Dar Akal's courtyard — Looking up

The courtyard planted with palms and lit for the evening — The courtyard after dusk

A carved upper gallery overlooking the courtyard at dusk — Along the upper gallery

Carved plasterwork, cedar doors and white columns along the gallery — Plaster, cedar and light

Rooms that change with the light.

Arches, painted ceilings, old cedar and places made for stopping for a while.

The Oualidia room opening through a carved arch — Oualidia, close to the courtyard

A white salon with red cushions, flowers and a tea tray — A salon for tea

A long salon framed by arches, mirrors and red textiles — Rooms within rooms

The main salon beneath a painted ceiling, with a low table and fireplace — Beneath the painted ceiling

The bright central salon of the Bahia Suite framed by old cedar doors — Bahia and its old cedar doors

The carved douaya and suspended lantern above the Bahia Suite — The light from above

The house, through the hours.

Breakfast, warm tadelakt, a fire and a table set once night has fallen.

A Moroccan breakfast arranged on a green zellige table — Breakfast on zellige

The warm tadelakt passage through Dar Akal's hammam — Through the hammam

A lit fireplace reflected beside flowers and a brass candlestick — The fire, later in the day

A long candlelit dinner table on Dar Akal's rooftop at night — Dinner under the night sky

What stays in the eye.

A shadow, a carved door, painted metal and the quiet precision of things made by hand.

A woven Dar Akal hat surrounded by palm shadows on an ochre wall — Palm shadows

Banana leaves rising past carved screens and a hanging lantern — Leaves and latticework

A hand-painted metal tray with sun motifs — A painted tray

The iron rings and old lock of a carved cedar door — The old lock

Beyond the frame

The house continues outside the photograph.

Its sounds, scents and changing light begin once you step through the door.

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