AMASyria

The Archive of Modern Architecture in Syria (AMASyria) is an initiative to archive, document, and share the endangered Syrian architectural experience in the 20th century.

al-Sufara’ and al-Khayam Cinema

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al-Sufara’ and al-Khayam Cinema Official name: The two cinema theatres project (al-Sufara’ and al-Khayam Cinema), plot No. 1262Architect: Nizar Al-Farra; Albert Sayegh; and Nizar al-MuradyCollaborators: Firm: The Technical Firm for Architecture and Construction [al-Maktab al-Faniyy li-l-ʿAmāra wa-l-Inshāʾ]Client: Messrs. Midani and FalahaYear: 1960City: Damascus, SyriaBuilding use: Commercial, CulturalStatus: BuiltTeam:  Drawings Preliminary study Final design Pictures The scans …

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Syrian Insurance Corporation building proposal

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Syrian Insurance Corporation building | proposal Official name: Syrian Insurance Corporation complex (Salhiye Gate)Architect: Nizar Al-FarraCollaborators: Eng. Yassin al-BurghliFirm: House of Research for Studies and Construction [Dar al-Abḥāth li-l-Dirāsāt wa-l-Tanfīdh]Client: Syrian Insurance CorporationYear: 1977City: Damascus, SyriaBuilding use: CommercialStatus: Competition proposalTeam: n.d. Drawings Proposal A Proposal B Proposal C Documents Portfolio drawing list for proposal The …

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al-Fardus building

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Al-Fardus Building Official name: Wahat al-Fardus buildingArchitect: Nizar Al-FarraCollaborators: Eng. Yassin al-BurghliFirm: House of Research for Studies and Construction [Dar al-Abḥāth li-l-Dirāsāt wa-l-Tanfīdh]Client: Messrs. Muallim, Dahduh, Qaluqa, Kahal and co.Year: 1985City: Damascus, SyriaBuilding use: CommercialStatus: BuiltTeam: unknown Drawings Pictures

Syrian Engineers association magazine

Engineers Association magazine – issue 01

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Engineers Association magazine – issue 01 Title: Engineers Association magazineIssue: 01Year: 1955Publisher: Syrian Engineers Association Association chair: Khaled Al-HakimEditor-in-Chief and Managing Director: Anis Shabat Index: About this Magazine The new Parliament building The Parliament extension The Engineers Association By-law Legislative Decree No. 19 issued on 18-01-1950 Internal Regulation Financial Regulations issued by Decree No. 324 …

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Engineers Association magazine

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Engineers Association magazine The Engineers Association Magazine was the first publication in Syria dedicated to architecture and engineering. It was launched by the Syrian Engineers Association in Damascus in 1955, four years after the association’s establishment. Although intended to be a quarterly magazine, publishing one issue every three months, only a single issue was released …

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Bourhan Tayara

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Authorization certificate for Tayara to work as an architect from Texas, America | from Raghad Qablawi and Dania AlAgha, “Muqābala maʿ Prof. Eng. Bourhan Tayara [Interview with Prof. Eng. Bourhan Tayara,” Twenty-Two 22 Architectural Magazine, March 2015. Tayara’s (Arab Planners, Architects, and Engineers) firm card | courtesy of Architect Mamoun Alwareh Bourhan Tayara (1935-2018) Bourhan …

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Nizar Al-Farra

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Graduation project jury at the Faculty of Architecture at Damascus University in 1971, with (from right to left) Dr. Hola (Dean of Faculty of Engineering then) and architects Abd al-Rauf al-Kasm, Nizar al-Farra, Nawfal Kisrawi, Jean-Noel Conan, Youssef Abu Hadid, and Guy Rottier. | courtesy of Architect Mamoun AlWareh From the Architect’s firm in Damascus …

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Paul Chiniarah

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young Paul Chiniara | from “Akhbār al-Muhandisīn wa-l-Naqābāt (News of Engineers and Syndicates)”, The Arab Engineer, September 1965. Paul Chiniarah (b.1942) Paul Chiniarah was born in 1942. He studied at the Department of Architecture of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Damascus University and graduated in 1965 as one of its first batch of graduates.01 …

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Abd al-Rauf al-Kasm

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Young Abd al-Rauf al-Kasm | from “Akhbār Mūjaza (Brief News),” The Arab Engineer, October 1963. Abd al-Rauf al-Kasm (1932 – 2025) Abd al-Rauf al-Kasm was born in 1932 and died in Munich, Germany, in October 2025. He acquired his bachelor’s degree from the Philosophy department of the Faculty of Humanities at Damascus University in 1953, and …

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