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.

Is Failure Central to the Architectural Profession?

Failure, Narrative, Politics & Architecture

Why L.A. is Important

(Counter) Productive Dystopia

Public Space in Cairo: A Fragmented Archipelago

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Towards a Design-City (Post-Design-Capital)

Bijlmer: a Reputation Blown to Smithereens?

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The Rebuilding of a ‘Hornet’s Nest’ in Kaliningrad

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Documenting the Myths of Modernism

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La Maison Tropicale: From Failure in Niamey to Masterpiece in NYC

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The Copycat Hype: Learning from a Saint Peter Replica

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The Poetry of Decay

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The Day Architects Stopped Reading Newspapers

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Architects Talking Architecture

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FA Workshop: Sofia’s National Palace of Culture

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Squatter Families in East Jerusalem

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Game Over for Architects?

Game Over

Ouagadougou’s Innercity Savanna

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School’s Out: A Modernist School Building Has to Go

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The New Wave: Drifting Towards the Shores of Simplification

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