Posts Tagged ‘Amman’
Saturday, March 23rd, 2013
Article source: Foster + Partners
Today marked the official opening of Queen Alia International Airport, the spectacular new gateway to Amman. The airport has a highly efficient passive design, which has been inspired by local traditions, and is based on a flexible modular solution that allows for future expansion – the new building secures the city’s position as the main hub for the Levant region and allows the airport to grow by 6 per cent per annum for the next twenty-five years, increasing capacity from 3.5 million to 12 million passengers per annum by 2030.
 Image Courtesy © Nigel Young
- Architects: Foster + Partners
- Project: Official Opening of Queen Alia International Airport
- Location: Amman, Jordan
- Photography: Nigel Young
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Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
Article source: Rudy Uytenhaak Architectenbureau bv
Amman is a fast-growing city entirely made up of buildings in local natural stone: not only the well-off neighbourhoods but also poorer districts, and not only homes but also offices, hotels, museums and shops.
The Dutch embassy project concerns the renovation of an understated villa within a walled garden. The building was renovated because it was too small, and not earthquake-proof. Hospitality in combination with security formed the essence of the design brief. The entrances and the various consulate functions are situated on the ground floor in the original building layer, while a separate new structure above this houses the public section of the embassy. The building as a whole is given a unified character by a light-filtering portico made of local Jerusalem Stone.
 Exterior View (Images Courtesy Pieter Kers)
- Architect: Rudy Uytenhaak Architectenbureau bv
- Name of Project: Dutch Embassy in Amman, Jordan
- Location: Amman, Jordan
- Images: Pieter Kers for Rudy Uytenhaak Architectenbureau, april 2010
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Monday, February 20th, 2012
Article source: Zaha Hadid Architects
More projects by Zaha Hadid
Our designs for a new performing arts centre were inspired the ancient city of Petra – its interplay with nature and the processes of erosion that have reshaped its contours. In this new building erosion becomes the sole means of articulating public spaces, while remaining masses contain the performance spaces.
 King Abdullah II House of Culture & Art
- Architects: Zaha Hadid Architects
- Project: King Abdullah II House of Culture & Art
- Location: Amman, Jordan
- Total Floor Area: 26,800m2
- Footprint Area: 5,363m2
- Concert Theatre: 1,600 seat
- Small Theatre: 400 seat
- Design: Zaha Hadid with Patrik Schumacher
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Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
Article source: Sasaki Associates, Inc.
In order to capitalize on its cultural and political assets, the Government of Jordan has established a series of six Development Zones in which directed efforts are being made to increase foreign and domestic investment. The Dead Sea Development Zone encompasses 40 square kilometers of coastal land along the lowest body of water on earth.
 Image Courtesy Sasaki Associates, Inc.
- Architects: Sasaki Associates, Inc.
- Project: Jordan Dead Sea Development Zone Master Plan
- Location: Amman, Jordan
- Owner: Jordan Development Zones Commission
- Collaboration: Buro Happold; Sigma Consulting; Tetra Tech
- Photography: Sasaki Associates, Inc.
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Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
Article source: Symbiosis Designs LTD
Symbiosis Designs LTD wins design competition to build Techno Group Headquarters in Amman
The building massing concept created a negative space that would be a certain interruption to the continuous street frontal façades; hence a specific and differentiated visual field is announced where the void becomes a captive. The negative field is the primary focal point staging majestic trees. Through the building’s homogenous material expression, the steel structural skin is also a grounding continuum and an assurance of rigor, visual noise reduction and simplicity.
 Exterior View
- Architect: Symbiosis Designs LTD
- Project name: Techno Group Headquarters
- Location: Amman, Jordan
- Client: Techno Group
- Project team: Khalid Nahhas, Ramiz Ayoub, Abed Al-Qader Tarabieh, Rasem Kamal, Rami Naffa’
- Land area: 2,000 sq. m
- Built-up area: 12,000 sq. m
- Project year: 2011
- 3D perspectives: Courtesy of Symbiosis Designs LTD
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