Adaptive Reuse Practice in Tower Houses of Old City Sana’a Yemen

The study aims to identify the existing practices of adaptive reuse of Sana’a heritage tower houses and their application to the new building use and interventions on the original fabric. A case study on Dawood Hotel was undertaken with the following instruments: 1) Structured interviews with the Building Authorities; 2) On-site observations of the building conditions; 3) Literature search on the previous conservation projects reports. The finding suggests improvements on conservation practices by highlighting the discrepancies of the existing heritage building control procedures and requirements. It facilitates the local building authorities to formulate new systematic and transparent conservation guidelines.