Edward Cullinan Architects: gateway building, Petra, Jordan.Visitor centres are curious building types, often built in the shadow--both literally and metaphorically--of significant monuments. Practically, they process streams of pilgrims Pilgrims, in American history, the group of separatists and other individuals who were the founders of Plymouth Colony. The name Pilgrim Fathers is given to those members who made the first crossing on the Mayflower. in a manner that seeks to improve the visitor experience and secure the sustainable future of the monument, controlling access and raising all important revenue. They are often contentious, depending on the sensitivity of the site, as is the case with this proposal by Edward Cullinan Edward Cullinan, CBE (born 17th July 1931) is a British architect. Cullinan was educated at Cambridge University, the Architectural Association and UC Berkeley before working for Denys Lasdun where he designed the student residences for the University of East Anglia. Architects, sponsored by the Jordanian ministry of tourism and antiquities Antiquities, nearly always used in the plural in this sense, is a term for objects from Antiquity, especially the civilizations of the Mediterranean: the Classical antiquity of Greece and Rome, Ancient Egypt and the other Ancient Near Eastern cultures. , in the magical city of Petra. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Petra, the ancient Nabatean trading city in southern Jordan, and Unesco world heritage site, already attracts hordes Hordes may refer to:
v. Obsolete A past participle of sink. adj. 1. Depressed, fallen in, or hollowed: sunken cheeks. 2. , and organised around an amphitheatre (for evening shows and performances), garden and archaeology court--the building is described principally as a threshold. Visitors will approach through a discrete gap between the curving amphitheatre wall and the northern administration block. Serving as a gathering place for groups, the amphitheatre is a place of contemplation Contemplation Compleat Angler, The Izaak Walton’s classic treatise on the Contemplative Man’s Recreation. [Br. Lit.: The Compleat Angler] Thinker, The sculpture by Rodin, depicting contemplative man. . Visitors then take one of two routes through the garden and court to reach a ramped descent; a vaulted tunnel running Tunnel Running is a kind of recreational motor vehicle activity, in the form of a road rally for owners of high performance sports cars. It emphasises recreational driving in a group, and in particular, journeys involving tunnels, often at night when little other traffic is present. parallel to the exit route that returns visitors through the original Petra Gate. Design work started in September 2004 and construction is expected to start at the beginning of 2006. R. G. |
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