May 2001

The Applied Sciences University in Amman organized two lectures by Jordanian architects Akram Abu Hamdan (On the Edge of Architecture) and Bilal Hammad (Selected Works).

The Department of Architecture at the Jordan University of Science and Technology organized an exhibition on the design works of its first and second year students at the French Cultural Center in Amman.

Abdullah Abu Gharbiyyeh successfully defended his master's thesis at the Department of Architecture at the University of Jordan.  The thesis is entitled IES as a Tool in the Urban and Regional Planning:  The Case Study of Bethlehem.

Afnan Salih successfully defended her master's thesis at the Department of Architecture at the University of Jordan.  The thesis is entitled The Integral Role of the Urban Space and Patterns of Circulation in the Center of Amman.

Maysaa' al-Shomali successfully defended her master's thesis at the Department of Architecture at the University of Jordan.  The thesis is entitled The Effect of Globalization on the Built Environment of the City of Amman: The Case Study of the High-Rise Buildings.

Sirinaz Sulaiman successfully defended her master's thesis at the Department of Architecture at the University of Jordan.  The thesis is entitled The Changing Environmental Values Accompanying Tourists Sweep over Traditional Villages: The Two Case Studies of Wadi Musa and Taybeh.

Amneh al-Zou'bi successfully defended her master's thesis at the Department of Architecture at the Jordan University of Science and Technology.  The thesis is entitled The Evaluative Image of the City:  The Case Stuy of Irbid's City Center.

Hassan Ali successfully defended his master's thesis at the Department of Architecture at the Jordan University of Science and Technology.  The thesis is entitled Self-Similar Fractality of Urban Growth Systems.