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Features, Products, Young talent

Kutleh, A series of prototypes by Rula Yaghmour

Amman, Jordan

Rula Yaghmour Kutleh ‘kutleh’ (Arabic: block, mass), is a project that moves the waste away and creates a new medium by assembling a ‘stone block’ from the surplus produced from cladding tiles used in everyday construction projects. Designer Rula Yaghmour created a monumental chair carved out of stone using a robotic arm, the chair was complimented with Read More

Architecture

Interview// Dina Haddadin – The Crafts District ADW16

Amman, Jordan

Dina Haddadin 2016 Interview by Liyan Aljabi ADW 2016, Hussam Da’na © Overview of the Crafts District The inaugural Amman Design Week showcased several programs and exhibitions held at the Hangar, the Crafts District, and the Jordan Museum. HKZ met with the Curator and Designer behind The Crafts District, Dina Haddadin to talk more about this Read More

Architecture, Web-space, Young talent

PIXEL visualization: Rendered Realities

Basel, Switzerland

In this age of technology, it is essential for architects to be able to provide high quality visuals to clients and viewers in order to provide a clear idea of what is to be built. Luckily, now we can find specialized firms in aiding this process. One of the pioneering firms in this specialty is Read More

Architecture, Young talent

1000 Residential Units

Ramtha, Jordan

Seyam Architects Master plan 2014 65,000 m2 A preliminary study for a low income residential project consists of 20 residential apartment buildings, each one of 5 floors with 10 apartments in each floor, in addition to public buildings such as, a mosque, market, medical center, police station and a primary school. The design approach aims Read More

Architecture

Queen Alia International Airport

Amman, Jordan

Foster + Partners Built 2013 Queen Alia International Airport continues the practice’s explorations of the airport terminal as a building type and sets out a vision for an environmentally sensitive, regionally apt, airport architecture. Designed to serve as the main gateway to Amman – one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world – Read More