Rasem Badran was born in 1945 in Jerusalem and trained in art by his father. He studied architecture in Germany, graduating in 1970. His graduation project focused on the old city of Kuwait, reflecting his interest in Arab-Islamic architecture. After working in Germany for two years, Badran returned to Amman in 1973 where he has practiced architecture since.

2. Rasem Badran was born in Jerusalem in 1945. He is the eldest
son of the artist Jamal Badran. His father tutored him in
drawing and painting. Rasem’s hopes were to follow his father
footsteps in the field of art. He was accepted in the program of
architecture at Darmstadt University in West Germany in 1964
and graduated in 1970. Following his graduation, Badran
worked for two years in Germany where he developed his
artistic activity. His interest Arab Islamic architecture was
reflected in his graduation project, which was about the old city
of Kuwait. Badran returned to Amman in 1973 where he has
been practicing since that year. Abu Hamdan, Akram, “Rasem
Badran of Jordan,” in Mimar, 25, (Singapore: Concept media
Ltd., 1987), 50. For more information on Rasem Badran, see
Kultermann, Contemporary Architecture in the Arab World,
(New York: Mc Graw Hill, c 1999).

42. Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Architect: Henning Larsen , 1925
Country of Origin :Denmark

66. Hajj Terminal
1983
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill

67. Roofed by a fabric tension structure
the terminal provides toilets, shops, benches and banking facilities
for the pilgrims. Twenty-one tent units, each 45 metres square, form a
single module.

68. The terminal is comprised of 10 such modules: two identical
five-module sections separated by a landscaped mall.
Thus, the two large terminal units each comprise a total of 105
tents.
The tents are hooked to steel rings hung from suspension
cables which are draped from single pylons in the interior of
the module, from ladder-like double pylons at the module
edges and from four-pylon towers at the corners.

87. Jeddah Sports Hall, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
1981
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Frei Otto
The structural system consists of eight steel tube masts"

88. Jeddah Sports Hall, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

96. Inter-Continental Hotel and Conference Center,
Frei Otto
1974
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
The jury commended this project as "an effort to combine
modern technology and functional forms in the context of
Islamic culture."

97. Inter-Continental Hotel and Conference Center,
Mecca, Saudi Arabia

103. Jeddah National Commercial Bank,
Saudi Arabia, 1983
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill

104. to host the following functions:
· A large banking hall on the ground floor for day-to-day
operations;
· Vaults for safes and security zones in the basement;
· Regional management offices;
· General management offices;
· International division with lounges; and
· Luxury offices for directors.

105. Jeddah National Commercial Bank
The 27-storyed triangular tower is placed next to a six-
storey high car park of circular ground plan.
Lifts and services are grouped in a separate
rectangular tower abutting one side of the equilateral
triangle and linked at its base to the car park.
The triangular plan of the main structure is repeated
on all floor levels. Vertically, the levels are divided into
increments of 7, 9 and 7 floors, each of these with
office space on two sides and a glazed wall facing
inward onto an open loggia.

106. A triangular court extends vertically through the building
providing both ventilation and relief of heat build-up.
The stacked courtyards, combined with the windowless
exterior ward off direct sunlight, but allow diffuse
daylight into the building.

107. The tower is capped by the executive floor extending
over the entire area of the triangle. Externally, it is
expressed as an arcade shielding a glazed wall set
back from it.
The banking hall at the main plaza level also spans
over the full triangle, it has a mezzanine level
supported on three columns and is covered by a
conical skylight.