December 2000 Amman Office for Consulting and City Planning completed designs for the Happy Family Food Store in Zarqa. Abdeen Engineering Firm carried out the interior designs for the 5,000 square meter store, which is expected to cost 1,500,000 JD (around 2,100,000 $US). Bilal Hammad Associates completed designs for the 700 square meter expansion of the headquarters of the Jordan - Kuwait Bank in Amman. For additional information on Bilal Hammad Associates, see their web site at http://bilalhammad.com . (See the New commissions section in the September 2000 news items.) Bilal Hammad Associates completed preliminary interior designs for the 2,000 square meter theatre at al-Hussein Cultural Center in Ras al-'Ayn in Amman. The Municipality of Greater Amman project is expected to cost 1,250,000 JD (around 1,760,000 $US). For additional information on Bilal Hammad Associates, see their web site at http://bilalhammad.com . (See the Completed projects section in the October 2000 news items.) Bilal Hammad Associates, in association with Tibah Consultants and Farouk Tadros Designs, completed designs for the Theme Gardens at al-Hussein National Park in Amman. The Municipality of Greater Amman project occupies 70,000 square meters. (See the Initiation of projects section in the February 2000 news items, and the New commissions section in the July 2000 news items.) Dar al-Omran completed designs for the Nessco High-Rise Office Building in Tripoli, Libya. The 32,000 square meter complex, which is owned by the National Company for Engineering Services and Equipment, is expected to cost 10,800,000 JD (around 15,200,000 $US.) Dar al-Omran completed designs for the deanship and student activities building for the Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) in Irbid. The location of the building follows the university's original master plan. The Japanese architect Kenzo Tange, in association with Jafar Tukan and Partners, had designed the master plan and a number of the university's buildings in the 1980s. The 2,500 square meter new building is one of four structures that Dar al-Omran was commissioned to design for JUST. The other three structures include the central library and lecture hall complex, the student admissions and registration building, and the administration building. The four structures will occupy a combined area of 23,000 square meters and are expected to cost 14,300,000 JD (around 20,140,000 $US.)