TY - JOUR TI - The Socio-Cultural Background of the Development of the City of Kuwait. House of the Merchant Family Al-Badr AU - Pikulski, Aleksander TI - The Socio-Cultural Background of the Development of the City of Kuwait. House of the Merchant Family Al-Badr AB - The article is an attempt to look at the origins and development of Kuwait City before the oil boom as a socially created space. Its structure reflects social and economic dynamics as well as cultural and environmental sustainability, although it was the mercantile function that was the most important city-forming factor in Kuwait. The specific character and functionality of the city were determined by its location, climate, connections with the Persian Gulf and, at the same time, Bedouin traditions and culture, as exemplified by the house of the merchant family Al-Badr. VL - 2023 IS - 18 (2/2023) PY - 2023 SN - 2450-2561 C1 - 2450-6249 SP - 73 EP - 91 DO - 10.4467/24506249PJ.23.015.19556 UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/pjacns/article/spoleczno-kulturowe-tlo-rozwoju-miasta-kuwejt-dom-kupiecki-rodziny-al-badrow KW - urban anthropology KW - Kuwait KW - vernacular architecture KW - social and cultural relationship