Mubarak House

Notes

This is a five-bedroom house rising three floors high, with the ground floor and first floor connected visually by an atrium with clerestory windows. "The house is in a tight urban site. This spacious house is introverted and in plan is arranged around a central core. The four corner masses and its axial symmetry result in the visual quality which makes the house stand out in its crowded environment. This house is effective for its play of forms and simple detailing” (Abu Hamdan, 1984). For instance, the windows’ positioning and simple grillwork detailing give the building a human scale.

Sources

Akram Abu Hamdan, "On an architect: Jafar Tukan of Jordan", Mimar, no. 12, 1984, p. 58.

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