In recent years, "often poorly built" concrete construction has displaced traditional earthen and stone buildings in the High Atlas, said Elie Mouyal, another Moroccan architect.
In-depth: After the earthquake, how will Morocco rebuild villages in the Atlas Mountains? It is a question authorities have yet to answer, as they tackle issues of Amazigh identity, heritage, and the long-standing neglect of a forgotten region.
Normalization lets Israeli researchers formalize ties with Moroccan experts to investigate remnants of Jewish life - with aid of Israelis who once lived in those abandoned villages
High in the rugged hills some 460 kilometres (280 miles) south of the capital Rabat, Ait Kine is home to one of country's few remaining collective granaries called agadir in Amazigh, Morocco's Berber language.