Description - Jafar Tukan by James Steele
Jafar Tukan: Poetry in Stone is the first in depth study of the life and work of the late Palestinian master Jafar Tukan, who was inarguably one of the most influential architects in both his adopted nation of Jordan as well as throughout the Middle East. For the first time, the full impact of his attempt at raising the professional standards of his entire region has been recorded. Through this process he completely altered the design aesthetic of his home territory of Amman over the course of his remarkable career. As a result, the image of his homeland and its capital city has been irrevocably changed. That feat has been accomplished through a wide variety of building types, including mosques, private residences, housing projects, hotels, recreational facilities, museums, commercial complexes, office buildings, embassies, banks, and universities. Jafar Tukan demonstrates an unparalleled skill at maintaining the delicate balance between past, present, and future, tradition and technology, and rationality and passion, to an extent not found in the work of any other Muslim architect of his time. AUTHOR: ames Steele was born in Philadelphia, PA. He received his Bachelor of Arts in English from Lafayette College in Easton, PA followed by both a Bachelor and Masters Degree in Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania. He attended the Louis I. Kahn Program for his Masters Degree, subsequently working briefly for Kahn after graduation on the Congress Hall for the Venice Biennale. He taught at the University of Pennsylvania while also working in other offices in and around Philadelphia, including Vincent Kling Associates and the Ballinger Company. After receiving his Pennsylvania Registration he opened his own office primarily designing single-family homes in both the Bucks and Montgomery County area.
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