Well besso, in Jordan university we had the IT building, which is an exact copy of a faculty in Germany(or so I’ve heard) in the original design it’s said that the third floor roof were made out of glass to get the most of the sun heat, in our IT building they copied that exact same idea and it turned out to be a sauna.

I agree with roba, those buildings look like horrible.

I liked her work. very creative!!

add them to the blog banner -excuse my graphic design ignorance if its named something else-. They are part of Amman now. You have the flag, the housing bank complex, Le Royal, they are not any less :))))))

i strongly disagree robzeee 7abeeebty :) i think that the whole world is changing, and amman has to adapt one way or the other, and this is the beginning of the new ammanite sky light babe. the spot they chose is perfect when it comes to visibility, u can view the towers from almost anywhere in amman, i think they really concentrated on the visual aspect and studied it real well, but, the traffic at that area is too bad, and this wud do it worst! and finally, the glass facade is the best way not to stand in a bulky shape on the site, it gives the tower some transparency, and avoids the dabsheh look haha.. the stone on the lower sides is the best way to fit this monster “;)” with the neighboring buildings, otherwise the passersby and the buildings around would stand next to a hugely scaled tower. this way, the scale of the tower blends in with the surroundings, a buffer area to allow the people walking by to feel ok, not that if they walk next to the tower theyd feel its scale, its too huge for that but well haha.. architectural gibberish dont mind asking my what im talking about! cheers

nop, norman foster and architects are.

Faris Darwazeh Says:
December 10th, 2007 at 8:57 pm
i must agree, but such projects are classical examples of ‘third world’ cities’ drive to modernization. Take a glance at the project planned for down town Amman and the Abdali project and i am sure more follow, and you will clearly see the contrast of the past and the future. Though i think the plans are abit too optimistic for our city, considering and in most cases, most third world urban dwellers are not per se urban dwellers as those of New Yok or London, we lack the urban cliche (speed walking, coffee and donuts on the go and most importanly atleast in the Amman case we dont walk to work).
Back to the Neighbourhood Monster, having studied urban geography, all what can be said is debates in the academia revolve around preseving the local/original urban fabric whilst moving towards cities of the future or atleast more modern ones. I anxiously wait to see how much Amman would change over the years and i hope municipal planners act accordingly and preserve whatever heritage the city has to offer, there are plenty of examples of that not happening. In my neighbourhood, a very old house was demolished and replaced with apartments or the case with Jordan Gate being build on a park which i remember going to ever since i was a little boy or the project which took place over the summer by the 1st circle. Its truly a sad state of affair, we should look at cities say for example london or Toronto, where certain city bylaws prohibit planners or residents to damage or replace old houses, gardens, parks and in a certain house in london a stair case, due to their value, history and heritage.