Le Royal in Amman: A new architectural symbol for the 21st century

Cities

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-159

  Abu Ghazalah, Samer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

High rise buildings; Jordan; Le Royal; Legislation; Skyline

Indexed keywords

URBAN DESIGN;

AMMAN; ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33644594615     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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