TURATH: Architecture & Urban Design Consultants
TURATH provides consultation in architectural design, heritage conservation & urban regeneration, architectural research & environmental design, heritage tourism, cultural site management, community empowerment and place research, and training and capacity building at different levels. The main objective of TURATH is providing consultation coupled
with scientific, historic, and thorough research on the site or locale understudy. TURATH’s work is supported by a multi-disciplinary research team and research center encompassing architecture, urban design, green architecture, planning, heritage conservation, urban regeneration, transportation, archaeology, environmental engineering, municipal infrastructure, heritage management, tourism and spatial computer data base applications. The specialties of TURATH team members are diverse with strong emphasis on architecture, heritage, and urban design. Several of the architects and urban designers hold graduate degrees in their respective disciplines and sub specialties with ample professional experience. TURATH had worked closely with Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) on several key projects in the capital Amman centering on urban regeneration and public space design. The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Jordan (MOTA) had been another major client with projects located in Mkies, Ajloun, Salt, and in several areas of the country. In addition, TURATH had worked extensively with the private sector in addition to several non-governmental organizations and donor agencies. TURATH provided consultations and worked in different cities of the Middle East such as in Amman, Salt, Jerash, Kerak, Mkies, Ajloun, Madaba of Jordan. Mecca, Saudi Arabia; Beirut and Tripoli, Lebanon; Damascus and Aleppo, Syria; Al Doha, Qatar; Manama and Muharraq, Bahrain; Paris, France; to mention a few. Metropolis: Cities Research Council
Metropolis: Cities Research Council is the research arm of TURATH with significant ties and links with different regional and international experts and institutions. The library and research center hosts different books, journals, and manuscripts covering diverse areas such as:
• Heritage Conservation and Management
• The City & Urban Regeneration
• Architecture, Design, and Construction
• Urban Design, Geogrpahy, & Landscape Urbanism
• Green Architecture
• Documentation of Archeological and Historic Sites
• Historic Site Interpretation and Management
• Cultural Sites Management
• Heritage and Eco Tourism
• Arts, Graphics, & Advertisement
• Environmental Management
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Cultural Anthropology / Archaeology
• Cultural Studies
• History, Politics, and Architecture of Bilad al Sham (Levant)
• Amman, the City
• History of Islamic Architecture
• Ottoman History & Architecture
• Philosophy (Critical Theories) / History
• Theories of Knowledge & Research Methods
