Traditionally, the Islamic Arab world has adopted the courtyard house design because it can satisfy the privacy and social activity requirements of its residents. Likewise, it provides many logical architectural solutions to the local environmental problems. These solutions include the integration of a courtyard into the design, traditional cultural elements (Malqaf "wind catcher", Mashrabiyyah "wooden screen", Bahra "fountain", and Salsabil "marble water fall"). However, in Jordan, the western-influenced houses have created cultural and environmental problems, which affect the residential...