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.

Photo Essay: Rapla KEK, Estonia

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UNStudio Tried Riding the Open Source Wave, but Failed

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Is the Architectural Profession Still Relevant?

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Hotel Jugoslavija: Spatio-Temporal Mosaics of Memorabilia

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The Story Behind Failure: Copenhagen’s Business District Ørestad

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In the Glasgow Media the Death of a High Rise is Marketed as Progress

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Architecture on the Move: Refugee Dwellings in Amsterdam

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Photo Essay: Hiroshima’s Motomachi

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Neighbourhood Forums as Mediums of Direct Democracy in Istanbul

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There’s a Generation Shift Occurring in Our Assessment of Modernist Architecture

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New York’s Worst Architecture – The Bukharian House

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Monte Barreto: a New Center for Havana?

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Gurgaon’s Gateway Tower: A Symbol of Unsustainability

The Mysterious Adventures of the Boy in the Yellow Cap

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FA#10: Beyond Failure

FA#11: A Brutal(ist) Assault on Amsterdam’s Inner City?

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A City Formerly Known as Sadness – Tin Shui Wai

FA Workshop: Re-imagining Campanhã, Porto

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What’s Happening in Istanbul? A Prologue

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