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Villa Salfiti
Location
Amman
Country
Jordan

Architect/Engineer/Team
Jafar Tukan

Construction
1979/1982

Project Status
Built
Building Type
House

Notes
The residence is made up of a central block divided over two levels and lit by large rounded arches. Arches were also used as a corner solution where two half arches meet at a 90-degrees angle at the corner cantilevered over the entrance. 
Sources

Ali Abu Ghanimeh & Mario Pisani, Jafar Tukan: Architecture, Melfi: Libria, 2001, p. 30-33.
 

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Entrance View
Source: Jafar Tukan Architecture (Abu Ghanimeh, Pisani), p. 31
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Source: Jafar Tukan Architecture (Abu Ghanimeh, Pisani), p. 30
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Back View
Source: Jafar Tukan Architecture (Abu Ghanimeh, Pisani), p. 32
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