Ja'afar Tuqan was born in 1938 in Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine. He was the son of the Palestinian poet Ibrahim Tuqan, writer of the poem Mawtini, the current national anthem of Iraq. He was also the nephew of both the Jordanian Prime Minister Ahmad Toukan and the Palestinian poet Fadwa Tuqan and thus a member of the Tuqan family.
He worked upon graduating from AUB at the Jordanian Ministry of Public Works as a design architect, and then joined the firm Dar al-Handasah Consulting Engineers at their head offices in Beirut. In 1968, he established a private practice in Beirut, and in 1973, formed the partnership Rais and Tukan Architects, which later became Jafar Tukan and Partners Architects and Engineers, and was relocated to Amman, Jordan following the Lebanese Civil war during the mid-1970s. In 2003, Jafar Tukan and Partners Architects and Engineers merged with the Jordanian firm Consolidated Consultants for Engineering and the Environment.[1]
Careeredit
Tuquan designed the Municipality of Amman in Ras al Ayn in association with Rasem Badran,[2] and he belonged to several committees including that of the National Gallery. Ja'afar Tuqan also designed the Royal Automobile Museum, The Jordan Museum, the Yasser Arafat Museum in Ramallah,[3] the Mahmoud Darwish Museum in Ramallah, [4] the Central Bank of Jordan building and the Jordan Gate Towers. He was the recipient of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for his 1991 design of a Children's Village - Aqaba, Jordan.[5]
Tuqan served on the Board of Trustees of the Palestinian Art Court – Al Hoash.[6]
Deathedit
Tuquan died on November 25, 2014, in Amman, Jordan.[7]
afar, tuqan, arabic, جعفر, طوقان, also, spelled, jafar, tukan, january, 1938, november, 2014, palestinian, jordanian, architect, sheikha, salama, mosque, emirate, dhabi, contents, early, life, career, death, referencesearly, life, edit, born, 1938, jerusalem, . Ja afar Tuqan Arabic جعفر طوقان also spelled Jafar Tukan 19 January 1938 25 November 2014 was a Palestinian Jordanian architect Ja afar Tuqan Sheikha Salama Mosque in Emirate of Abu Dhabi by Ja afar Tuqan Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Death 4 ReferencesEarly life editJa afar Tuqan was born in 1938 in Jerusalem Mandatory Palestine He was the son of the Palestinian poet Ibrahim Tuqan writer of the poem Mawtini the current national anthem of Iraq He was also the nephew of both the Jordanian Prime Minister Ahmad Toukan and the Palestinian poet Fadwa Tuqan and thus a member of the Tuqan family Tuqan graduated from the American University of Beirut in 1960 He worked upon graduating from AUB at the Jordanian Ministry of Public Works as a design architect and then joined the firm Dar al Handasah Consulting Engineers at their head offices in Beirut In 1968 he established a private practice in Beirut and in 1973 formed the partnership Rais and Tukan Architects which later became Jafar Tukan and Partners Architects and Engineers and was relocated to Amman Jordan following the Lebanese Civil war during the mid 1970s In 2003 Jafar Tukan and Partners Architects and Engineers merged with the Jordanian firm Consolidated Consultants for Engineering and the Environment 1 Career editTuquan designed the Municipality of Amman in Ras al Ayn in association with Rasem Badran 2 and he belonged to several committees including that of the National Gallery Ja afar Tuqan also designed the Royal Automobile Museum The Jordan Museum the Yasser Arafat Museum in Ramallah 3 the Mahmoud Darwish Museum in Ramallah 4 the Central Bank of Jordan building and the Jordan Gate Towers He was the recipient of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for his 1991 design of a Children s Village Aqaba Jordan 5 Tuqan served on the Board of Trustees of the Palestinian Art Court Al Hoash 6 Death editTuquan died on November 25 2014 in Amman Jordan 7 References edit Archnet Archnet Yasser Arafat Museum Design of the Museum Archived from the original on 2019 01 19 Retrieved 2019 01 19 Mahmoud Darwish Memorial Museum Herskhazeen Archived from the original on 2021 11 24 Retrieved 2021 11 24 SOS Children s Village Aqaba Jordan Archived 2008 06 11 at the Wayback Machine Board of Trustees Archived 2011 07 25 at the Wayback Machine Jafar Tukan Archnet Retrieved April 3 2017 Exhibition of Touqan s works at French Cultural Centre Spotlight on talent THE STAR September 29 2003 Designed the Royal Automobile Museum Archived 2007 10 30 at the Wayback Machine nbsp nbsp This article about a Jordanian architect is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This article about a Palestinian architect is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ja 27afar Tuqan amp oldid 1186716503, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
