INFLUENCES Growing up, his favorite architect was Frank Llyod Wright. Some of his designs follow Wright’s patterns and one of his buildings was even inspired by Wright’s Falling Water. He admired his work in organic architecture. Later, when he visited Andalusia, Spain in 1978, he changed his approach completely. He felt most inspired by the Islamic Architecture and its proportions. He also fell in love with organic architecture and the “IslArab” style. IslArab is a term that he came up with as an abbreviation for the Islamic Arab styles that follow excellent proportions and is the truest style for Amman. He focused on the idea of proportions as he believes that architecture revolves around ratio and proportions. He considered it to be one of the most appealing styles in the world and this is why he committed to it. However, this direction and influence took place after design the Jordan Insurance Company. Arch. Waddah Al Abidi considers architecture to be one of the seven Arts. However, he considers architecture to be most important because architects design for the sake of life and culture. You design a masterpiece for people to live in.
Heritage Conservation Course W20/21 | Lecturer: Dr. Rami Daher | Joanna Arida & Anke Steinke
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