How One Bedouin Well Became a High-security Jordanian Prison

How One Bedouin Well Became a High-security Jordanian Prison

On the foundations of a Bedouin well, a British site for colonial control and surveillance eventually became Al Jafr prison. The site indicates that once built, the architecture of control persists through changing political regimes and modes of domination.

The Case: MoMA vs. Middle-Aged Men

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Behind Four Walls: Barcelona’s Lost Utopia

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Two Banks Shaping the African Skyline

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San Francisco’s NEMA: Parvenu Luxury, Surrealistically Marketed

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Failed Policy, Successful Architecture: Selfmade City Istanbul

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Bypassing Gentrification, the Raging Russian Way

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The Value of a War-Scarred Ruin in Beirut

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The Downfall of London’s Streets in the Sky

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FA Workshop: Skála Metró in Budapest

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Porto’s Ruinous Circle

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The New Monuments of Taksim Square or ‘Ruins in Reverse’

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Failed Architecture Tracked Changes at the São Paulo Architecture Biennale

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Who Determines the Future of the Past?

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Privatized Publicness: Post-Communist Public Space in Bucharest

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Brussels’ Administrative Centre: An Uncontrollable Urban Tumor?

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FA#12: Former Dutch Ministry of the Interior

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FA#12: Former Dutch Ministry of the Interior

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São Paulo’s Bridge That Widens Distances

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FA Workshop: Rapla and Tallinn

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FA Workshop: Rapla and Tallinn

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