Comments on: Pixelated Building

By: Herman

Herman — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:57:39 +0000

wow what a beautiful building. very nice. where is that place?

By: za3tar

za3tar — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:22:30 +0000

nigim: Unfortunately not much. All i know is that there was a bid to create a new shopping district between the Ersal street and Baloo3. But i don’t anything beyond that i’m afraid.

By: nigim

nigim — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:14:55 +0000

Do you know anything about the Le Royal Hotel & Central Shopping Complex in Ramallah? http://www.uci.ps/projects/ramallah.html

By: za3tar

za3tar — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 08:32:57 +0000

I agree with you, it is not much of a great architectural design (… the new Paltel Group building, and the new Jawwal building are definitely better in my opinion), but i still do like that curved glass front.

By: ohoud

ohoud — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:45:37 +0000

Min emta was it next to it?:D only if it shrunk a month ago.

There are many resources in Ramallah and there are many wonderful architecture projects taking place there also .Have you been to Tal Al-safa lately? Suad Al-Ameri has done wonderful landscaping there and also Osama sakakini.

By: za3tar

za3tar — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 11:09:23 +0000

Ohoud: Yeah, it is not a very artsy or architecturally beautiful creation, but what attracts me in it is its location (on top of a hill with no other tall buildings obstructing its view … the roof will actually should be able to give you a panoramic view of the city and nearby hills), and its inward curved glass front. On a nice weathered day you can get some really nice reflections on that front (that is not very common in Ramallah yet).

But yeah i agree, the architect/owner of that building could have definitely done a better and more timely job … but then again, resources are not a granted thing there

btw, you can see it from Ersal street because it is technically right next to it . The Ersal street technically starts from Al-Mukata’a which is in the vicinity of this building.

By: ohoud

ohoud — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:33:16 +0000

Yeah one can see this awful building even from Ersal street.

Omar: You are an artsy person:( this is hideous dude! a crime in the name of architecture:D

By: za3tar

za3tar — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:00:37 +0000

Thanks! .. .yeah hopefully as more people publish regular photos of Ramallah, one would be able to google for actual non-news pictures of the city.

Actually, there used to be some nice pictures of the city on Flickr … but i am not too sure.

By: Dandoon

Dandoon — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 07:05:48 +0000

OMG…keep the photos of Ramallah coming! this is so different from what I see when I google Ramallah!

By: za3tar

za3tar — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:35:03 +0000

Thank you very much for your kind words!

Well … i don’t want to give the impression that every building in Ramallah is an architectural masterpiece (i don’t think this one is either). … but there has always been an undeniable architectural and cultural movement in Ramallah.

I have seen many nice buildings in Amman as well … but i guess it is a matter of scale and percentage.. right ? Amman is a bigger, more stable city, so i guess the bar is set higher for it.

By: omar

omar — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:23:42 +0000

it’s quite beautiful!
I wish they’d put a bit more consideration and creativity into building new buildings in Amman – they just seem to love eye-burning generic ones. I’m talking about complexes and 3amaraat of course! hehe

Btw, I REALLY like your blog
enjoyed reading through!