Tag: architecture

Reimagining Amman’s Abandoned Megaprojects

What should become of the half-finished real http://latana.ca/fiu-training-in-using-web-cam/ estate megaprojects that still litter Amman’s landscape from the heady boom days of the mid-noughties? Studio X Amman, the Jordanian branch of Columbia University’s global network of architecture and urban planning research…

Jordan’s Top Businesswomen: Meisa Batayneh

This feature is part of a series highlighting some of the most prominent Jordanian businesswomen who managed to climb to the top of the corporate ladder in their respective fields in the Kingdom. Founder and Principal Architect at Maisam Architects and Engineers Meisa Batayneh…

Building Jordan: Associated Consulting Engineers (ACE)

This feature is part of a series highlighting the most prominent engineering and design consultancy firms with headquarters in Jordan or that have a significant presence in the Kingdom.   Associated Consulting Engineers (ACE) Year: 1956 CEO: Jawdat Yaghmour Offices: Lebanon,…

Building Jordan: Consolidated Consultants Group

This feature is part of a series highlighting the most prominent engineering and design consultancy firms with headquarters in Jordan or that have a significant presence in the Kingdom.   Consolidated Consultants Group (CC) Founded: 1993 CEO: Said Abujaber Employees: 650…

Jafar Tukan: Remembering an Architectural Giant

By Sandra Hiari Jafar Tukan, the renowned architect who pioneered Jordan’s important modernist era, died in Amman on November 25 after a long illness. He was 76. Jerusalem-born Tukan graduated from the American University of Beirut in 1960. He worked…