ABSTRACT
Imaging or constructing an image of the urban built environment through the production of buildings and landscapes of certain characteristics that created the built environment as a distinguished place for living, work, and entertainment proved profitable. Under contemporary globalization and the increasing competition between cities and within cities to capture capital, iconic developments emerged as a significant means of transforming the urban built environment, re-imaging places, and boosting the economy. If Sanaya was located in a wadi that had one of the lowest elevations in Amman, Jordan Gate occupied a site that had one of the highest elevations in the city. Glass curtain walls were rare in Amman, particularly on such tall buildings, but very common in the Gulf. The state-owned buildings, the process of creative destruction targeted privately owned residential, commercial, and educational buildings on the site of the future Abdali project.
